Plotts' Estate

Opinion by

Me. Justice Baenes,

Mary A. Plotts, a resident of Philadelphia, aged 83 years, died on June 6, 1935. A will bearing her signature and dated June 3, 1935, was admitted to probate by the Register of Wills of Philadelphia County on June 11,1935. Arthur R. Plotts, son of testatrix, was named therein as executor and made the sole beneficiary under its terms. He duly qualified and proceeded with the administration of the estate.

On June 3, 1937, the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, (hereafter called Pennsylvania Company) and Richard B. Siegel, Jr.,…