Legal Opinion

Hogue's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 12, 1939No. Appeals, 29, 30 and 31PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This is an appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Mercer County, affirming an order of the Register of Wills, admitting to probate two certain paper writings (referred to as deeds), dated December 9, 1924, as instruments of testamentary effect and as part of the will of Samuel Hogue, deceased.

On December 9, 1924, the testator, Samuel Hogue, called upon W. W. Johnson, a justice of the peace, to have drawn two deeds to separate farms, and a will. Two deeds were prepared, one conveying testator’s sixty acre tract of land to Wylie Hogue, a son, and another conveying…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gilmor's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  2. Clark v. DennisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  3. Thompson's Executors v. LloydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
  4. Sterrett's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  5. Hogue v. HogueSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Laughlin EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Wilson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  3. Wilson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Dreisbach EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  5. Delaware Trust Company v. Delaware Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1966

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