Willard's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
March 31st 1871. Before Thompson, O. J., Read and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J., at Nisi Prius. Appeals from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Lycoming county: Of January Term 1871, No. 365, 372. In the estate of W. W. Willard, deceased.
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March 31st 1871. Before Thompson, O. J., Read and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J., at Nisi Prius. Appeals from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Lycoming county: Of January Term 1871, No. 365, 372. In the estate of W. W. Willard, deceased. The decedent died on the 2d of September 1864, having made his will dated the 29th of August preceding, as follows:— “ Item First: I will the interest of three thousand dollars to my beloved mother, Clarissa Willard, of Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, during her natural life, to be paid to her in semi-annual payments of ninety dollars, on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Sharswood, J.
In regard to the admissibility of the parol evidence of Henry F. Snyder, the scrivener who drew the will of William Waldo Willard, as to his understanding of what the testator intended.it would be in the teeth of every precedent, and a virtual repear of the Act of Assembly, which requires all wills to be in writing: Iddings v. Iddings, 7 S. & R. 111; Asay v. Hoover, 5 Barr 21; Kelley v. Kelley, 1 Casey 460; Wallize v. Wallize, 5 P. F. Smith 242; Best v. Hammond, Id. 409; Aspden’s Estate, 2 Wall. Jr. 438.
Three questions arise upon the…
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