Legal Opinion

Estate of Wilner

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 6, 2014PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.E.:

Appellant, Dana Wilner, comes before us appealing the granting of a petition to probate a copy of a lost will of her aunt, Isabel Wilner, the deceased. Finding that the copy was not supported by sufficient proof to permit probate, we are constrained to reverse.

The procedural and factual summary found in the trial court’s opinion accurately reflects the assembled record and we adopt it as our own:

Isabel Wilner (hereinafter “Decedent”), a resident of Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, died on March 16, 2011, at the age of ninety-one (91). On May 5, 2011 Linda Baker…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Estate of BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Harrison's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Hodgson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  4. In Re Estate of MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. In Re Estate of MammanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Estate of: I. Wilner Appeal of: Baker, L.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. In Re: Albert Staico, Jr.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  3. Estate of: I. Wilner Appeal of: Baker, L.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. In Re: Estate of Jackson, W., Smith v. JacksonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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