Legal Opinion

Hill Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 12, 1968No. Appeal, 97PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

On this appeal we are called upon to interpret the language contained in the last will of Edward Hill (testator) who died November 12, 1966 survived by an aunt and two first cousins, children of a deceased aunt (appellants).

On November 24, 1942, testator, then 37 years of age, married Kathryn C. McCabe, then 36 years of age; of that marriage no children were born. Approximately one and one-half years after the marriage, testator—without the help of a lawyer—drew the will now before us. On April 28, 1966, Kathryn C. Hill died; the testator died approximately seven…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Burleigh EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  2. Houston EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  3. Vandergrift EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  4. Estate of StambaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  5. March EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Estate of SykesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Lockett v. General Electric CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Farmers Trust Co. v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Estate of FlinnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Estate of TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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