Legal Opinion

Shoemaker's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Dauphin County

Decided January 15, 1943No. 137 of 1941Published

1Opinion of the Court

Sheely, P. J.,

fifty-first judicial district, specially presiding,

Helen Shoemaker, a daughter of decedent, has filed a petition praying that the stubs of 27 checks be probated as the will of decedent. A responsive answer to the petition was filed by Dorothy Shoemaker Larsen, another daughter, and the petition and answer were certified to this court by the register of wills under the authority of section 19 of the Register of Wills Act of June 7,1917, P. L. 415, 20 PS §1982. Testimony on the petition and answer was taken along with testimony on exceptions to the account of the administratrix,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Estate of KnoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. Morrell v. DickeyNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
  3. Kimmel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Churchill's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  5. Wikoff's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850

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