Legal Opinion · Dissent

Marks Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 27, 1969No. Appeal, No. 325Published

1Dissent

Dissenting Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Bell:

I very strongly dissent. Once again the majority ignore and change the clear language of a will, as well as the pertinent principles of Law and prior decisions of this Court. See, inter alia, Woodward Estate, 407 *162Pa. 638, 182 A. 2d 732, and the concurring Opinion in Greathead Estate, 428 Pa. 553, 236 A. 2d 224.

Testator died testate October 25, 1967. Under the terms of his will, testator gave $250 to Dale Satterfield and the residue of his estate to Helen Keashen. On April 19, 1963, testator executed a codicil wherein he provided: “Contrary to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Woodward EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Greathead EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967

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