Legal Opinion

Milleman Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Allegheny County

Decided May 14, 1963No. 292 of 1962PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Boyle, P. J.,

This will contest involves an appeal from the decree of the register of wills entered January 16, 1962, admitting to probate a paper writing dated January 6, 1962, as the last will and testament of the above named decedent.

The questions involved are the following:

1. Whether the will “. . . was signed by the testator at the end thereof . . .” as required by the first paragraph of section 2 of the Wills Act of 1947, when the testator’s signature was written with the assistance of another person.

2. Whether decedent possessed testamentary capacity at the time of the signing of the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Masciantonio WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  2. Williams v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  3. Llewellyn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  4. Olshefski's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  5. Sturgeon WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Milleman WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964

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