Legal Opinion

Masho's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 13, 1931No. Appeal, 66PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Peter Paul Masho died July 26, 1929, leaving a will in which he bequeathed his two sons, Frank and Nicholas, $1 each, and made Mrs. Julia Robinson, his stepdaughter and housekeeper, sole heir to the remainder of his estate. The two sons opposed probate of the will by caveat, which, after hearing, the register of wills dismissed and admitted the testament to probate. The sons appealed to the orphans’ court and asked an issue d. v. n. to the court of common pleas, alleging testator’s want of testamentary capacity and the existence of undue influence on part of Mrs. Robinson upon…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Buechley's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  2. Ligo v. DodsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cookson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Boyd EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. Tranowicz's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931

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