Legal Opinion · Dissent

Knupp Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 30, 1967No. Appeal, No. 172Published

1Dissent

*421Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Egberts:

The facts of this case convince me that the distinction drawn by this Court between Churchill’s Estate, 260 Pa. 94, 103 Atl. 533 (1918) and Miller Will, 414 Pa. 385, 200 A. 2d 284 (1964), a distinction based solely upon the fact that the word “his” appeared in the attestation clause in Churchill, whereas the word “my” was used in Miller, is no longer tenable. I would therefore overrule Churchill, as well as Glace Will, 413 Pa. 91, 196 A. 2d 297 (1964) (which relies on Churchill), insofar as those cases require use of the word “my” in an attestation…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Churchill's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  2. Ehret EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Kretz EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Glace WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  5. Miller WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964

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