Urquhart Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
The Incompetents’ Estates Act of 1955, P. L. 1154, re-enacted and amended July 11, 1957, provides, under “Definitions”: “(3) ‘Incompetent’ means a person who, because of mental infirmities of old age, mental illness, mental deficiency, or inebriety, is unable to man*186age his property, or is liable to dissipate it or become the victim of designing persons.” See also: Coulter Estate, 406 Pa. 402, 405, 406, 178 A. 2d 742.
Judge MacElree carefully analyzed the conflicting testimony, and after applying the test and proof of mental incompetency laid down in Coulter…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Myers EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Coulter EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Pearlman AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
3Cited by2 opinions
- Urquhart TrustPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1967
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