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Fawcett Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 30, 1972No. Appeal, 82Published

1Opinion of the Court

449 Pa. 497 (1972)

Fawcett Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued September 25, 1972.

November 30, 1972.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

Harold V. Fergus, with him Scott H. Fergus, and Fergus, Martin and Fergus, for appellants.

Vincent J. Dopko, Deputy Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellee.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, November 30, 1972:

On July 26, 1969, F.K. Fawcett, a wealthy, eighty-seven-year-old Washington County industrialist, was murdered in his home. Despite his age, Mr. Fawcett, who had been a widower for some years, was still…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Fawcett EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Eshelman EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  4. Cooper Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1970
  5. Hiller Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1970

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