Legal Opinion

Hengen's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 15, 1940No. Appeal, 81PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

Appellant complains of the dismissal of an appeal from the probate of a certain undated writing as a codicil to the will of Mary L. Hengen who died on January 24, 1938.

By her formal will, dated July 20, 1935, after providing for the payment of debts and funeral expenses, decedent bequeathed certain household goods and furnishings to her daughter Mary, called Mamie, with whom she had made her home from May or June of 1935 Until her death and whom she named executrix. She directed that the residue of her estate, including any and all real estate which she might…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tozer v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  2. Zell's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. Glass' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. In re Estate of JacobySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Estate of LoganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  2. In Re Estate of SedmakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. In Re Estate of FleigleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Dietz Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, York County1991
  5. In re Estate of LaurinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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