Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Moehring
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 1971No. Appeal, 11PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Jones,
The factual genesis of this appeal is set forth in Lanning Will, 414 Pa. 313, 315-16, 200 A. 2d 392, 393 (1964) : “Decedent, 93 years of age, died on August 26, 1960. On December 1, 1960, decedent’s lawyer-prepared typewritten will dated April 13, 1951, was admitted to probate. Three months later, George Moehring (Moehring), sole beneficiary under the holographic writing of September 4, 1954, appealed from the probate of the 1951 will. Moehring’s appeal was sustained by the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny County, and the Register of Wills was authorized to entertain an…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Commonwealth v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Lanning WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Commonwealth v. AlstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Budd v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. GaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Frantz Manufacturing Co. v. EAC IndustriesSupreme Court of Delaware · 1985
- Commonwealth v. HallowellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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