Legal Opinion

Stasis Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 2, 1973No. Appeal, No. 69PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

This appeal presents a very narrow issue: whether the signature of Angelia Stasis found on a testamentary *427document purporting to be her will satisfies Section 2502 of the Probate Estates and Fiduciaries Code,1 which requires that every will admitted to probate “be signed by the testator at the end thereof.”

Angelia Stasis died on October 28, 1966. On that day a search for a will was made and a sealed envelope was found in her safe deposit box which bore the words “Ciemano will” (Lithuanian for “This is my will”) written in the decedent’s hand. A single sheet…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Maginn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  2. Coyne WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Heise v. HeiseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
  4. Hays v. HardenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1847
  5. Swire's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of HopkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. In Re Estate of ProleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Sabat Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1982
  4. Wagner EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Forest County · 1985

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