Legal Opinion

Glesenkamp Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 27, 1954No. Appeal, 58PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

The Orphans’ Court of Allegheny County sustained an appeal from the probate of a will by the Register on the ground that decedent did not possess testamentary capacity. This appeal followed.

Joseph A. Glesenkamp, Jr., the decedent, died December 2, 1951, unmarried, with next of kin consisting of twenty-two first cousins. The probated will is dated October 31, 1951. It was prepared by a lawyer and witnessed by a bank officer and decedent’s physician. The will devised and bequeathed his entire estate to Villette O. Carson, the proponent, a first cousin, the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Williams v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. Ash WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Olshefski's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Sturgeon WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  5. Lewis WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Masciantonio WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  2. Penneys v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  3. Girard Trust Bank v. SweeneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Ballinger v. Howell Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Hanna EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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