Legal Opinion

Baldwin Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 27, 1947No. Appeals, 28 and 54PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

The sole question presented by these appeals is whether the paper writing presented to the register of wills for probate complies with section 2 of the Wills Act of 1917, June 7, P. L. 403, 20 PS 191, which requires that: “Every will . . . shall be signed ... at the end thereof ...” The record was certified to the orphans’ court by the register under section 19 of the Register of Wills Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 415, 20 PS 1982. That court, with one judge dissenting, decided that the writing had not been executed as required by the Wills Act. The…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Estate of KnoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. Maginn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. Kimmel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Churchill's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  5. Wikoff's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Burns v. KabboulSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Griffith WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Sando WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Kretz EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Glace WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964

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