Legal Opinion
Pappas Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 15, 1968No. Appeal, 64PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Bell,
On March 23, 1966, Nick Pappas died, unmarried and without any issue. He was survived by three brothers and a sister. His gross estate amounted to $850,000. He left a (lawyer-drawn) will dated August 1, 1963, in which he left the bulk of his estate in trust to provide assistance of various kinds to young men and women of Greek origin, and from decedent’s native town of Kremasti, Greece. Neither his brothers nor his sister were provided for. However, he subsequently executed three holographic codicils in which he gave some personal and real property to two…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Donsavage EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Petro v. Secary EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Pronzato v. GuerrinaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Parkhurst EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Hosfeld EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re Estate of ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Wagner v. WagnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Lanning v. WestSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Hera v. McCormickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Ford EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.