Legal Opinion
Cole v. Wells
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 2, 1962No. Appeal, 503PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice-Benjamin R. Jones,
This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Potter County which dismissed a complaint in equity seeking discovery from the executor of a decedent’s estate “of all facts and circumstances having to do with the execution of the instrument [decedent’s last will] offered for probate”.
Charles Cole, 84 years of age, died on February 25, 1961 in Coudersport survived by his wife, Edith P. Cble, to whom he had been married in 1958, and two nephews, Frederick Cole (the appellant) and his brother, John Cole. It is estimated that the value of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- O'Brien v. O'BrienSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Patterson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Holland v. HallahanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Peoples City Bank v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Mangold v. NeumanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- McNeil v. JordanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Thompson WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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