Legal Opinion

Paczosa's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided October 27, 1927No. 2511Published

1Opinion of the Court

Gest, J.,

The merest glance'at the phraseology of this wl clearly shows that it was written by one who did not understand the businef *707he undertook, and the resulting contest adds another instance to the innumerable cases where the ignorance of the testatrix, or her scrivener, causes regrettable litigation and imposes unnecessary trouble and responsibility upon the court.

The testatrix died on July 28, 1925, seised of real estate No. 2915 Belgrade Street, as to which she provided in her will, executed a few weeks before her death, as follows: “I leave and bequeath my property, No. 2915 Belgrade…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Estate of CunninghamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. Minnich's Estate or Sherwood's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Dale v. DaleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850

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