Legal Opinion

Weiss Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 2, 1951No. Appeal, No. 242PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

The appellant is a son of the decedent and a legatee under her alleged last will, here involved, which was probated before the Register of Wills of Philadelphia County who granted letters testamentary thereon to the proponent-executor.. On petition of the decedent’s daughter, alleging a want of testamentary capacity *458and undue influence in respect of her mother’s execution of the testamentary writing, the Orphans’ Court, after a hearing, allowed an appeal from the probate but limited the issue devisavit vel non to whether the decedent lacked testamentary capacity at…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sloan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  2. Cross's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. Stewart WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  4. Gerlach EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  5. Estate of McGovranSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gelb EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Sommerville WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  3. Dovci WillSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  4. Duross WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Gelb EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1966

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