Barnes's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Schaffer,

This is a proceeding brought by Thomas Barnes, II, to have his aunt, Rachel Barnes, removed as trustee of the estate of his grandfather, Thomas Barnes. The Orphans’ Court refused to remove her. Petitioner has appealed.

Thomas Barnes died January 11, 1911. Included in his estate was all the stock in the Barnes & Tucker Company, a bituminous coal mining corporation. This stock, together with other property of the decedent, was bequeathed to his son, John Barnes, as trustee, the income to be distributed among the testator’s children and grandchildren until the…