Legal Opinion

Dengler Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided March 28, 1958No. 245 of 1957PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Lefever, J.,

This is an appeal from the action of the register in probating and granting letters upon an alleged will, dated May 18, 1955. The learned hearing judge heard the testimony of the subscribing witnesses, the testimony of the contestants’ witnesses and only a portion of the evidence offered by the proponents. At the conclusion of the testimony of one of the proponents’ witnesses, who was also a subscribing witness, the hearing judge interrupted the hearing and ordered a jury trial on the issues of undue influence, and the mental and physical capacity of testatrix to make the disputed…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Martin EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  2. Tarlo's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  3. National Transit Co. v. BoardmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. Verner EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  5. Kerr v. O'DonovanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Murray WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

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