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Hoffmann Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 18, 1960No. Appeal, No. 39PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

M[r. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

Antonia Hoffmann, a resident of Allegheny County, died April 29, 1956. Her will — dated December 19, 1955 — was the subject of a contest finally determined by this Court. (Hoffmann Will, 394 Pa. 391, 147 A. 2d 633).

Under this will — a lawyer-prepared instrument— .Mrs. Edward H. Grapp1 was specifically bequeathed the stock2 which testatrix owned in the J. M. Hoffmann Company, a closely held family corporation. Testatrix- divided her residuary estate3 in the following manner: one-quarter, respectively, to each of two nieces and a nephew, one-eighth to a…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Cannon v. BreschSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Mellon EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  3. Harper v. Consolidated Rubber Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  4. Brown's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  5. Harvey EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Belefski EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Freeman v. NogueraSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1961
  3. Lander EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  4. Kleinhans EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  5. Ramsey v. NordlohSupreme Court of Colorado · 1960

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