Titlow v. Titlow
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. In the court below this was a feigned issue, directed by the Register’s Court, to try whether certain paper writings were the will of Abraham Titlow, deceased. The papers were a will dated July 18th, a codicil dated August 4th, and a codicil dated August 11th 1863. They were admitted to probate by the register on the 25th of June 1864, and letters testamentary granted to David Titlow, the executor named in the will.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. In the court below this was a feigned issue, directed by the Register’s Court, to try whether certain paper writings were the will of Abraham Titlow, deceased. The papers were a will dated July 18th, a codicil dated August 4th, and a codicil dated August 11th 1863. They were admitted to probate by the register on the 25th of June 1864, and letters testamentary granted to David Titlow, the executor named in the will. The will gave to his niece, Alcenia Schuyler, $6000, and a mortgage of $1000, the residue of his estate, to be distributed…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
The principal questions submitted to the jury in this case were whether Abraham Titlow was of sound mind on the 18th of July, on the 4th of August and on the 11th of August 1863, when the alleged will and codicils were made, and whether those instruments were made under the pressure of undue influence. By inquisition taken in 1864 he was found a lunatic, and found to have been such from the 25th day of June 1863, but with lucid intervals. On the trial, the defendants below, now plaintiffs in error, in order to show either mental unsoundness…
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