Legal Opinion

Voegtly Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 28, 1959No. Appeal, 54PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Cohen,

The testator, Henry J. Voegtly, died on May 2, 1957, survived by Sarah Louise Ericke, niece appellant, and her brother, John Veckly, Adm. c.t.a. and Trustee of the disputed residuary clause, who has assumed a passive role in the proceedings.

The testator executed a holographic will dated February 1, 1957, in which he made various cash legacies to certain named churches, hospitals and other charitable institutions. Cash legacies were also made to certain named individuals, among these the nephew and niece. The subject of this appeal concerns the remaining dispositive…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Taylor v. HoagSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  2. Hogg's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. Pruner EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  4. Funk EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  5. Garrison EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Thompson WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. S.T. Young v. The Estate of Frank J. Young and Norma YoungCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  3. Coleman EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Little EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  5. Commonwealth v. Frantz Advertising, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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