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Way Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 15, 1954No. Appeal, 94Published

1Opinion of the Court

379 Pa. 421 (1954)

Way Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued April 23, 1954.

November 15, 1954.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

F. Lyman Windolph, with him William W. Litke, H. Clay Burkholder and Windolph & Johnstone, for appellant.

R. Paul Campbell, with him John R. Miller and Campbell & Miller, for appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, November 15, 1954:

The pivotal question is whether or not the Orphans' Court has jurisdiction to determine the validity of a written agreement executed by two sole beneficiaries under separate wills. In…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Cutler's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  2. Purman EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. Beilstein v. BeilsteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  4. Carson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  5. Mains's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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