Legal Opinion

Cohen Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 20, 1971No. Appeal, No. 236PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Robebts,

This appeal arises out of a contest over a will which was executed by Abraham Cohen, M.D., on December 31, 1968, while he was a patient in the Abington Memorial Hospital. This will was duly admitted to probate, and Letters Testamentary were granted thereon. On December 10, 1970, the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, after hearing, dismissed the appeal of Dr. Richard W. Cohen, the testator’s only child, from the Register’s decree. This appeal followed.

Appellant contends that his father’s will should be denied probate. He…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Hunter WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Holtz WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  3. Brantlinger WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  4. Frew v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
  5. Blume v. HartmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. In Re William L.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. In Re Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights of BurnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. In re Estate of SmalingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. In re D. J. Y.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. In Re Estate of McCreaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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