Crawford v. Schooley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 71, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from decree of O. C. Lackawanna Co., No. 75, of 1905, dismissing appeal from register in case of Estate of James L. Crawford. Appeal from register of wills. Sando, P. J., filed the following opinion: The decedent, James L. Crawford, a resident of Scranton, Pennsylvania, died in Florida on February 19, 1905, leaving to survive him a widow, Huldah A. Crawford, and a stepson, James G. Shepherd.
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Appeal, No. 71, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from decree of O. C. Lackawanna Co., No. 75, of 1905, dismissing appeal from register in case of Estate of James L. Crawford. Appeal from register of wills. Sando, P. J., filed the following opinion: The decedent, James L. Crawford, a resident of Scranton, Pennsylvania, died in Florida on February 19, 1905, leaving to survive him a widow, Huldah A. Crawford, and a stepson, James G. Shepherd. On February 27, a will dated September 13,1896, was probated and his widow appointed executrix. By this will, with the exception of an inconsiderable legacy to…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
This proceeding, so far as it was an appeal from the decree of the register admitting to probate the will of James L. Crawford, bearing date of September 13, 1896, was entirely *434regular; so far as it was a proceeding to determine whether the alleged will bearing date of January 30, 1905, was a forgery, it was not only irregular, but was coram non judice. This latter results necessarily from the fact that in the probate of wills the orphans’ court is without original jurisdiction. The appeal here put at issue a single question, and that related exclusively to the…
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