Estate of Gallagher

485 Pa. 62 (1979)

400 A.2d 1312

ESTATE of Edward A. GALLAGHER, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued January 17, 1979.

Decided May 3, 1979.

Lawrence M. Aglow, West Chester, for appellant.

Duffield Ashmead, III, Christopher H. Gadsden, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANDERINO, Justice.

Edward A. Gallagher died on December 18, 1969. Appellee, Provident National Bank (Provident), presented for probate a document which was handwritten on a printed will form. The trial court in the matter before us described…