Legal Opinion

Peterman Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 21, 1951No. Appeals, Nos. 68, 69 and 70PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr.-Justice Allen M. Stearne,

The three appeals, in a will contest, are from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Beaver County denying a petition for an issue devisavit vel non on the ground that no substantial dispute upon a material matter of fact was shown to exist.

William Peterman, Sr., aged 79, died January 24, 1949. He left surviving as his only heirs three adult children and four grandchildren, issue of a deceased son. His estate consisted of the modest house in which he resided, an automobile, an interest in household furniture and some cash. His deceased son, William, Jr., had…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Porter's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Jardine v. Upper Darby Lodge No. 1973Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Kadilak WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  3. Pochron WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  4. Spinder v. BobierDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
  5. Jenkins v. NicholsonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1958

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