Legal Opinion

Smith Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 18, 1971No. Appeal, 32PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Roberts,

This appeal seeks our review of an orphans’ court decree denying appellant’s petition for a change of venue. Such a decree being interlocutory, the appeal must be quashed.

The present controversy stems from appellant’s status as sole beneficiary of a will dated March 11,1967, and appellee’s status as a residuary legatee of a contested after-dated will. At a hearing before the Register of Wills of Delaware County, appellant sought to establish that the date on the second page of the after-dated will had been altered and that the dispositive provisions on the first…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McGinley v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  2. County Construction Co. v. Livengood Construction Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Gaetano v. Sharon Herald Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Caplan v. Keystone Weaving Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Hauser v. GoldsteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. In re BrunoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. In Re Estate of R. L. L.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Encelewski v. Associated-East Mortgage Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Laird v. LairdSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Smith EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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