Legal Opinion

Umble's Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 13, 1934No. Appeal 415PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

This case comes to us on an appeal from an order of an orphans’ court refusing an issue devisavit vel non and dismissing an appeal from a probate of a will by a register of wills and the issuing of letters testamentary in the estate of Christian J. Umble. The grounds on argument for setting aside the will were that the document was written by an officer of the corporation appointed executor, that such officer was not admitted to practice law in any court in this Commonwealth, and that the corporation held itself out as conducting an office for the practice of law in.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Childs v. SmeltzerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Unger v. Landlords' Management Corp.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1933

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Liberty Mutual Insurance v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
  2. Cain v. Merchants National Bank & Trust Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1936
  3. LaBrum v. Commonwealth Title Co. of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  4. Umble's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  5. Kartman v. North Suburban Tree Service Inc. (In Re Kartman)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2006

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