Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Clark

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 18, 1975No. 147PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JONES, Chief Justice.

At issue on this appeal is whether the primary beneficiary under the Last Will and Testament of Alice G. Clark exerted undue influence upon the mind and person of the testatrix. The Orphans’ Court Division tried the issue devisavit vel non and found that John H. Smith had procured the benefits of the residuary clause, which was the bulk of testatrix’s estate, by undue influence, and thereby set aside the residuary clause of the will. We affirm.

Testatrix died on April 22, 1972, at the age of seventy-seven. She had been a widow since 1951 and was childless at the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Leedom v. PalmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  2. Williams v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  3. Quein WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  4. Wilson v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
  5. Abrams WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of PedrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Estate of LakatoshSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. In re Estate of SmalingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. In Re Estate of ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. In Re Estate of ZielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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