Jacobs' Estate

Wright, P. J.,

Specially Presiding,

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding in which Thelma S. Jacobs Miller asks the court to construe the will of Minnie T. Jacobs. Even though defendants have filed no objection and are apparently agreed, the court must nevertheless determine the availability of the procedure: Valley Railroad Co. v. D. L. & W. Railroad Co., 346 Pa. 579.

Section 4 (c) of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of June 18, 1923, P. L. 840, specifically authorizes determination by the court of questions arising in the administration of trusts, including questions of construction…