Legal Opinion

Abrams Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 29, 1965No. Appeal, No. 100PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

On April 14, 1959, David J. Abrams (decedent), then aged 61 and a resident of Bucks County, died. Surviving him were two legitimate daughters,1 Bertha A. Moebius and Barbara A. Ballard, who are the present appellants; a woman named Minnie Bigger (Abrams) who claimed to be decedent’s lawful wife at the time of his death;2 two children, named David J. Abrams, Jr. and Eleanor Abrams Nolte, born to Minnie Bigger (Abrams) at a time when she was still married to John Bigger but living with decedent.3

On April 30, 1959, the Register of Wills of Bucks County admitted to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Archbishop O'Hara's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  2. Masciantonio WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Williams v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  4. Montgomery County Bar Ass'n v. RinalducciSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Quein WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. In Re Estate of ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. In Re Estate of ZielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Kimmel v. Somerset County CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. In Re Estate of AgostiniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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