McClellan's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

The question here involved is whether the decedent made a valid nuncupative will. 1

Ethel May McClellan, an unmarried woman, thirty-three years of age, died on February 27, 1935, possessed of an estate consisting entirely of personalty valued approximately at $49,000. Her nearest and only surviving relatives were two maternal aunts and an uncle.

According to the evidence, she became ill at her home in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County, on February 9, 1935. At first she suffered from influenza, but when her physician was called on February 12th, he diagnosed her illness…