Rosenthal's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The question is whether there was abuse of discretion in refusing an issue devisavit vel non. Testatrix, a widow, died August 20, 1937, without surviving children, but leaving three minor grandchildren, issue of a deceased daughter. This appeal is prosecuted by their guardian, who complains that the learned court below refused her application for a jury trial 1 to determine whether the first page of a two-page codicil, dated June 9, 1937, executed by testatrix only on the second page, was in fact part of the codicil, or whether it had fraudulently been substituted for another page…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Phillips' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Tetlow's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Fleming's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Maginn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Wikoff's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Ash WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Quein WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Kerr v. O'DonovanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Rockett WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Thompson WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
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