Legal Opinion
Lanning Will
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 11, 1964No. Appeal, No. 154PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Jones,
This appeal challenges a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny County which dismissed an appeal from a decree of the Register of Wills admitting to probate a holographic writing dated September 4, 1954, as the last will of Charles S. Lanning (decedent).
Decedent, 93 years of age, died on August 26, 1960. On December 1, 1960, decedent’s lawyer-prepared typewritten will dated April 13, 1951, was admitted to probate. Three months later, George Moehring (Moehring), sole beneficiary under the holographic writing of September 4, 1954, appealed from the probate of the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Helmig v. Rockwell Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Masciantonio WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Williams v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Sterrett's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Girsh TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Hunter WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
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