Dettra Will
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Jones,
On this appeal we are called upon to determine two principal questions: (1) whether the evidence produced in the court below was legally sufficient to support a finding that the decedent lacked testamentary capacity to make this will and/or a finding that undue influence was exerted upon decedent to procure this will so as to justify the conclusion that this will is invalid? (2) whether the proponents of the will received a fair and an impartial trial?
Elsa W. Dettra (decedent), a resident, for approximately a quarter century, of the Washington Hotel in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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