Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Keiser

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 22, 1989No. 2757PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal from the trial court’s order affirming the probate of a copy of an unsigned, undated, and unwitnessed writing as the will of Mary Lou Keiser.

In 1971, a Philadelphia attorney prepared a will for Mrs. Keiser. Mrs. Keiser then received and signed the original will. Thereafter, her signature was witnessed by her neighbors, George and Elizabeth Ruppert.

For the next six years, Mrs. Keiser kept the original will in a safe in her home in Philadelphia. In December of 1977, however, Mrs. Keiser moved from Philadelphia to Emmaus, Pennsylvania, where she died on January…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Murray WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  2. Hodgson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  3. Gardner v. GardnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  4. Michell v. LowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  5. Sciutti EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Burns v. KabboulSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. In Re Estate of JanoskySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. In Re Estate of MammanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Re: Estate of Maddi, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Estate of Del Rossi, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1995

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