Legal Opinion

Quein Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 10, 1948No. Appeal, 11PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

This case began as an appeal to the orphans’ court from a decree of a register.of wills admitting to probate two codicils, one dated October 4, 1944 and the other November 9, 1944, to decedent’s undisputed will and codicil of April 12, 1944. Contestant, a. church, the residuary devisee and legatee, charges that the contested codicils were procured through undue influence. Following the appeal to the orphans’ court, and on . petition and answer, the issue of fact as to :the existence of undue influence was referred to a master. The master found that the…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Dorrance's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Belmont Laboratories, Inc. v. HeistSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Pusey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  4. Phillips' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  5. Ash WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of PedrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Williams v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  3. In Re Estate of ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. In Re Estate of AgostiniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. In Re the Estate of McKinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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