In re Estate of Philbin

OPINION BY

BECK, J.:

¶ 1 In this will contest, appellant Patrick Pratico1 appeals the court decree entitling him only to specific shares of stock and growth attributable to those shares from the estate of Cecelia Philbin. The decree also directed that remaining shares be distributed to the residuary beneficiaries. We apply section 2514(17) of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S. § 101, et seq. (“Probate Code”), and determine that under the will Pratico is entitled only to the specific shares of stock bequeathed to him and the growth of the decedent’s holding attributable to the…