Wilson Estate
Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Luzerne County
1Opinion of the Court
Selecky, P. J.,
The single 'matter before the court in this proceeding is the claim of Dr. Donald B. Lewis for medical services rendered decedent during her lifetime, after a hearing in accordance with our previous decree of March 25, 1959.
The basic problems involved in' this matter are the frequently recurring questions of the disqualification of a witness under the so-called dead man’s rule, as laid down in the “Dead Man’s” Act of May 23, 1887, P. L. 158, see. 5, 28 PS §322, and the effect of. the Uni*511form Business Records as Evidence Act of May 4, 1939, P. L. 42, 28 PS §91 (a), et seq., and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Freedman v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Swieczkowski v. Sypniewski, Exr.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- Heller v. FabelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- McKeehan EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Mack's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
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