Smith Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Samuel H. Smith, the brother of decedent (Laura Floyd Smith) died in 1982, leaving one-half of his estate to decedent and the other half in trust, the Union National Bank of Pittsburgh to act as trustee. The trust gave income to decedent for life, then income to Yerner S. Purnell, the nephew of decedent and Samuel, for life, with the principal in equal shares to four named charities at the death of the survivor.

Decedent subsequently had her attorney draw a will for her following the same basic distributive pattern as did the will of her brother. On July 13, 1962,…