Legal Opinion

Kehr Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 23, 1953No. Appeal, No. 246PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Testatrix’s daughter appeals from a decrée of the Orphans’; Court which sustained an order of the Register of Wills,'which admitted decedent’s will to probate *475and held an alleged revocation to be inapplicable and nugatory. The crucial question is: Was the testatrix’s will, dated August 7, 1942, revoked by the writing of the words “Null and Void” on a carbon copy of the will, together with the attendant and extrinsic circumstances?

Mrs. Kehr left her original will for safe-keeping with her attorney, Rowland C. Evans, Sr., and received from him and took home with her…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Britt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Burtt WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Jackson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  4. Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  5. Estate of KnoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Wright EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  2. Holt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  3. Treitinger WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  4. Kretz EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Turner EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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