Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Meyer Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 6, 1968No. Appeal, No. 467Published

1Concurrence

Concurring Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts:

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether a holographic writing which is internally consistent and coherent is sufficient to satisfy §2 of the Wills Act of 1947, P. L. 89, 20 P.S. §180.2. Appellants contend that this three page document the last page of which contains an inventory of decedent’s assets is not sufficient because this last page, the page containing decedent’s signature, lacks any dispositive provisions. Section 2, however, requires only that the purported will be signed “at the end thereof.” To accept appellants’ contention this…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Covington EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. Meyer EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1967

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