Pulli v. Warren National Bank

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Virginia Pulli [Pulli] filed a complaint in the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Warren County in April 1977 seeking money damages from the Estate of Franklin R. Henry, deceased, for failure of the decedent to devise certain realty to her and to make other bequests in her favor in his last will and testament as he had orally promised during his lifetime.

After the pleadings were closed, the Estate moved for judgment in its favor on the pleadings. Later, the court filed an adjudication and decree nisi granting the…