Kehr Will
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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
- Britt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Burtt WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Jackson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Estate of KnoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Wright EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Holt EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Treitinger WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Kretz EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Turner EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
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