Richmond's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 93, Jan. T., 1902, by-Frank C. Richmond, from decree of O. C. Lycoming Co., dismissing appeal from register of wills in estate of W. D. Richmond, deceased. Appeal from register of wills admitting will to probate. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supremo Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The testimony of the physician who had known the testator for twenty-five years, and who attended him in his last illness up to and including the making of the will, and that of the attorney who had also been his counsel previously and who drew the will in testator’s presence, from instructions given him in person while the two were alone together, show convincingly that the testator was in full possession of his mental faculties and was exercising them under his own volition.
In addition to this the undisputed evidence is that the testator continued in the transaction of his…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Sturgeon WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Morgan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Hall WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961