Legal Opinion

Lowry's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided June 3, 1938No. 245Published

1Opinion of the Court

Klein, J.,

On November 7, 1935, Hannah B. Davidson, petitioner, instituted proceedings to set aside the will of Annie L. Lowry, which was admitted to probate August 7, 1908. Her petition alleged that the signature to the decedent’s will was forged and that at the time of its execution the decedent was of unsound mind. Preliminary objections were filed by a large number of respondents. This court, in an opinion filed March 27, 1936, sustained the objections without prejudice to the right of petitioner to file a new and amended petition limited to the allegations of forgery.

The amended petition…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Culbertson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Miller's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. Miller's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  4. Gwinn v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898

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