Legal Opinion

Crooks Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Delaware County

Decided November 6, 1957No. 59 of 1956PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

VAN Roden, P; J.,

— Decedent died September 13, 1955, survived by her husband, Joseph Crooks, who is the present accountant, and by a minor daughter, Charlene V., Hart (by a previous marriage).

On September 19, 1955, the Register of Wills of Delaware County granted letters of administration to the surviving spouse, on the basis of his petition alleging that his wife died intestate.

Subsequent to the issuance of said letters of administration, two testamentary writings, one dated March 17, 1955, and the other undated, were found among decedent’s effects.

On October 5, 1955, the surviving spouse…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Casani's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Crooks EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re Estate of Williams, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County2014

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