Ream Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

Emma Ream (decedent), a Lebanon County resident, died, testate, on February 3, 1961. Approximately one year later, her executor filed his first and final account in the Orphans’ Court of Lebanon County. Raymond Ream, a non-relative of decedent, 1 excepted to this account claiming that a 1957 Cadillac automobile and $4015 in cash — listed in the account as estate items — were given, as gifts causa mortis, to him by decedent.

To take testimony on these exceptions, the Orphans’ Court of Lebanon County appointed an auditor who, after a hearing, concluded that the…