Dixon's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Register’s Court of Franklin county, admitting to probate the will of William Gillan. On the 14th day of January 1867 William Gillan made and duly executed his will, by which he gave to his two daughters, Sarah Ann Walker and Martha Dixon, $1500 each, and to his daughter Mary Gillan $1800. The will was witnessed by W. H. Blair, the scrivener, and Ii. Dyarman. Having completed the will he gave it to the scrivener to take charge of it.
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Appeal from the decree of the Register’s Court of Franklin county, admitting to probate the will of William Gillan. On the 14th day of January 1867 William Gillan made and duly executed his will, by which he gave to his two daughters, Sarah Ann Walker and Martha Dixon, $1500 each, and to his daughter Mary Gillan $1800. The will was witnessed by W. H. Blair, the scrivener, and Ii. Dyarman. Having completed the will he gave it to the scrivener to take charge of it. On the 15th of February he sent for the scrivener to bring his will. When he came the testator, for reasons which he stated, said…
1Opinion of the Court
*426The opinion of the court was delivered, October 31st 1867, by
Thompson, J.
— The appeal in this case, from the decree of the Register’s Court of Franklin county, admitting to probate a will of William Gillan, deceased, dated the 14th January 1867, was taken by the appellants to establish a revocation of his will by the testator, and consequently an intestacy in regard to his entire estate.
It is necessary,-in order to see clearly the position occupied by the appellants, to give a brief summary of the facts of the case.
Sometime after the execution of his will dated as above, and its delivery for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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