Legal Opinion

Donovan Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided December 6, 1963No. 1432 of 1962Published

1Opinion of the Court

Shoyer, J.,

— We are all agreed that the action of the learned hearing judge in granting the petition for review was a proper exercise of his judicial discretion and there is no merit either at law, or in equity, to the exceptions of Robert W. Donovan, who is the only party adversely affected by the court’s decree.

William J. Donovan died October 15, 1961, leaving a holographic will whereby he, inter alia, bequeathed to *208his son, Robert, the sheet metal business of Wm. J. Donovan Co., “which includes the following:

“I give to Robert W. Donovan my son the real estate known as 2239 to 47 North 27th…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Reamer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Sloan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  3. Jedwabny v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  4. Earle EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  5. Troutman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

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