Legal Opinion

White's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 14, 1936No. Appeal, 437PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

Lillian M. White, a widow, died March 22,1932, leaving no issue surviving. By her will dated June 12,1928, she gave the residue of her estate, after a number of pecuniary bequests, to the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles, Philadelphia. A later will of decedent, dated February 24, 1932, was produced, which named as sole legatees of her estate Abraham and Rupert Bamash. Both wills were offered for probate, whereupon proceedings to contest the validity of the later will were instituted before the Register of Wills of Philadelphia County. Following…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Plummer v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Lomison v. Faust, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County1892
  3. Mollenauer v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  4. Gordon v. Mohawk Bond & Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  5. Wolfe's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Beaver County Building & Loan Ass'n v. WinowichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Heaney v. RiddleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Cronin v. Gager-Crawford Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
  4. Eldredge v. EldredgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. Free's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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