Womack's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 444, Jan. T., 1915, by Charles A. Tindley, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., July T., 1914, No. 52, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Thomas T. Womack, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 444, Jan. T., 1915, by Charles A. Tindley, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia Co., July T., 1914, No. 52, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Thomas T. Womack, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The adjudication of Gest, J., was in part as follows: Thomas T. Womack died on March 28, 1914, unmarried, leaving a will, dated September 27, 1913, admitted to probate April 21, 1914, when, no executors being named in the will, letters of administration c. t. a. were granted to the present accountant. A photographic copy of the will is annexed hereto. The will, which is a…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The will of the testator is aptly termed by the adjudicating judge a “testamentary curiosity.” His correct conclusion, followed by the court in banc, was that the bequest claimed by the appellant was not to him, but to his church, and the execution of the will not having been attested by any witness, the charitable bequest fell.
Appeal dismissed at appellant’s costs.
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