McCune's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 106, Oct. T., 1919, by John P. Findley, from decree of C. P. Westmoreland Co., May T., 1918, No. 264, dismissing appeal from Register of Wills in Estate of J. H. McCune, alias J. Harvey McCune. Appeal from register of wills, admitting a paper writing to probate as a will. The court dismissed the appeal. John P. Findley appealed. Error assigned was the decree dismissing the appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
What here immediately follows is a copy of a certain written instrument which was admitted to probate by the register of wills of Westmoreland County, 22d April, 1918, as the last will of J. H. McCune, a resident-of said county, who died 13th April, 1918, aged upwards of sixty years, unmarried, leaving only collateral kindred : “I want you, E. A. Kerr, to look after my property and if I don’t sell it, I will sign it over to you for taking care of me. Received from E. A. Kerr $140.00 in cash and tax recits $32.15. J. H. McCune.”
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