Legal Opinion

Murray Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 2, 1961No. Appeal, No. 119PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

This appeal attacks the propriety of the action of the Orphans’ Court of Lancaster County in directing a trial by jury of certain issues of fact involved in an appeal to that court from the probate by the register of wills of an unsigned copy of the last will of Beatrice J. Murray, allegedly destroyed or suppressed by someone other than decedent.

Beatrice J. Murray, a resident of Lancaster County, died May 9, 1957, survived by three sisters, Kathleen Helm, Mary Murray, and Ella Grady, and one brother, Patrick Murray.1 Letters of administration were…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Stadler v. Mt. Oliver BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. Szmahl's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Dalbey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. Bates's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Plotts' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Hunter WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Abrams WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Holtz WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  4. Burns v. KabboulSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. Succession of TalbotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988

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