Coyne Will
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,
The question raised by tbis appeal is whether the writing probated as a will is signed “at the end thereof” as required by Section 2 of the Wills Act of June 7,1917, P. L. 403, 20 PS, section 191.
The probated writing consists of a single sheet of paper contained in a wire-bound memorandum book of nine pages. Written on the first page is what is obviously a laundry list; on the second page appear the words “my will” and other illegible words or marks; on the third page, in the handwriting of decedent, are the words which have been probated; on the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Maginn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Covington EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Brown EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Stinson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Swire's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
3Cited by22 opinions
- Kehr WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Baldwin WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Griffith WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Treitinger WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Kretz EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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