Brock's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 107, Oct. T., 1914, by Jane Brock DuBruille and Ida M. Brock, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1912, No. 271, dismissing appeal from decree of Register of Wills admitting to probate the will of Cyrus C. Brock, deceased. Appeal from decree of register of wills admitting to probate the will of Cyrus C. Brock, deceased. Before Over, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the appeal.
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Appeal, No. 107, Oct. T., 1914, by Jane Brock DuBruille and Ida M. Brock, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1912, No. 271, dismissing appeal from decree of Register of Wills admitting to probate the will of Cyrus C. Brock, deceased. Appeal from decree of register of wills admitting to probate the will of Cyrus C. Brock, deceased. Before Over, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the appeal. Jane Brock DuBruille and Ida M. Brock appealed. Error assigned, among others, was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The testator was a lawyer and wrote his own will. The language is plain and unambiguous and the intention is clearly expressed. The original will is dated March 29, 1906, when it was formally executed in the presence of witnesses. After giving directions as to the removal of the remains of his wife and the erection; of a monument, the testator made a small bequest to his granddaughter and devised a cemetery lot to his brother. The residue of his estate, which was practically all of it, he gave to his two daughters and a granddaughter share and share alike. In other…
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