Succession of Bellanca v. Schiro

KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiff filed a petition in the district court to have her mother’s will declared invalid, and defendant, the testamentary executor, responded by filing an exception of no cause of action. The trial court maintained the exception, dismissing plaintiff's suit, from which judgment she now appeals.1

By statutory will dated April 6,1977, the decedent divided her entire estate between her two children, Catherine Schiro Norman, appellant herein, and Dr. Ernest A. Schiro. The will stipulated, however, that Mrs. Norman’s share was to be placed in a trust which would terminate upon her…