IN RE ESTATE OF HARPER

No. 1454 Western District Appeal 2007.

975 A.2d 1155 (2009)

In re ESTATE OF Samuel W. HARPER, Deceased. Appeal of Samuel Carl Harper, Executor and Beneficiary, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MaryJo Corsetti, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

William C. Kaczynski, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., DONOHUE and COLVILLE, JJ.


OPINION BY FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.:

¶ 1 Samuel Carl Harper, executor and beneficiary of the estate of Samuel W. Harper, appeals the order of August 3, 2007. We affirm, finding that 1) the orphans' court did not err in reducing the amount of the executor's commission and denying certain claims; and 2) that the words "share and share alike" in the testator's Last Will and Testament ("Will") did not evidence a clear intention to override the anti-lapse statute.

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