BLOOM v. SELFON


366 Pa.Super. 283 (1987)

531 A.2d 12

Elizabeth BLOOM, John O. Sowash and Mary M. Bank, Appellants, v. Stanley SELFON, Individually and as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Kathryn B. Orstein, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 9, 1987.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted February 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Myers, Indiana, for appellants.

Robert F. Claraval, Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before WIEAND, BECK and CERCONE, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

This is an appeal by the heirs-at-law of the late Kathryn B. Orstein challenging the trial court's construction of decedent's last will and testament. At issue is whether under the terms of the will decedent's estate passed to a relative of her ex-husband.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. Kathryn B. Orstein married W. Lee Orstein in 1966. On August 30, 1978, she executed a will which reads in part as follows:

I — I direct...

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