Legal Opinion

Morrish Estate

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 13, 1944No. Appeals, 116 and 117PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

We are all of the opinion that this case does not present an occasion when a court, though adopting the findings of a jury, is justified in setting aside the will of a testator.

Clara Morrish died on May 15,1943. On appeal from the probate of her will dated February 19, 1943, the judge specially presiding in the lower court submitted an issue devisavit vel non to a; jury empaneled in the orphans’ court under the Act of July 1, 1937, P. L. 2665, 20 PS 2585. At the trial the request of proponents of the will for a directed verdict was declined and the jury in answer to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Phillips' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  2. Delaurentiis's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Olshefski's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Cross's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  5. Keen's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Williams v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. Stewart WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  3. King WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  4. May v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  5. Fay EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

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