Legal Opinion
Christoff Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 1963No. Appeal, 91PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,
This is an appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny County which awarded the entire estate of a Pennsylvania decedent, Peter Christoff, to one Constantin Peter Kouzinakis (Peter), a resident of Greece, on the basis of a decree of adoption rendered by a court of Greece which decree purports to make Peter the adopted son of the decedent.
On August 12, 1960, Peter Christoff (decedent), an American citizen domiciled in Pittsburgh, died unmarried and without natural issue surviving. His last will and testament, dated June 18, 1948, named…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Mamlin v. GenoeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- McQuiston's AdoptionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Commonwealth v. YarnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- Commonwealth v. DoughtySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Hilkmann v. HilkmannSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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