Appeal of Bearmer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OF THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF LUZERNE COUNT y. No. 85 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct. On February 16,1888, John Bearmer and George Bearmer, sons of Margaret Bearmer, deceased, filed a caveat to the probate of a paper alleged to be tlie last will of their mother. A bond was filed and a citation Issued.
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FROM THE DECREE OF THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF LUZERNE COUNT y. No. 85 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct. On February 16,1888, John Bearmer and George Bearmer, sons of Margaret Bearmer, deceased, filed a caveat to the probate of a paper alleged to be tlie last will of their mother. A bond was filed and a citation Issued. Testimony was taken before the register, who subsequently made a decree refusing to admit tbe alleged will to probate and granting letters of administration to Jolin and George Bearmer. Mary Mills, a daughter of the decedent and a beneficiary under tbe alleged will, tben took an appeal to…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Ctieiam:
The register of wills refused to admit the will of Margaret Bearmer to probate, and granted letters of administration upon her estate to the appellants. From this decision an appeal was taken to the Orphans’ Court. No issue was asked for at any stage of the proceedings. We have nothing before us but a question of fact upon which the Orphans’ Court has reversed the register, and admitted the will to probate. The court finds that “the will in question was duly executed, and the witnesses thereto were competent and honest.” We are not prepared to say this finding is not correct.
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