Taylor's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 208, Oct. T., 1910, by John W. Taylor, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1910, No. 194, admitting will to probate in Estate of Mary L. Taylor, deceased. Appeal from refusal of register of wills to admit a testamentary paper to probate. Before Over, J. The facts were as follows: Mary L. Taylor died and left to survive her, among other children, John W. Taylor, the appellant, and Jennie H. Richards, the appellee.
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Appeal, No. 208, Oct. T., 1910, by John W. Taylor, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1910, No. 194, admitting will to probate in Estate of Mary L. Taylor, deceased. Appeal from refusal of register of wills to admit a testamentary paper to probate. Before Over, J. The facts were as follows: Mary L. Taylor died and left to survive her, among other children, John W. Taylor, the appellant, and Jennie H. Richards, the appellee. Jennie H. Richards offered to the register of Allegheny county for probate as the last will and testament of Mary L. Taylor, a testamentary paper in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
Counsel for the appellant states the question involved to be, “whether a testamentary paper is signed at the end thereof so as to constitute a valid will under the Act of April 8, 1833, P. L. 249, when it contains a disposing clause after the signature, which additional clause is not signed, and there is no evidence to'show when the additional clause was written?” The answer depends upon the rule of presumption to be applied.
The court below, in its opinion disposing of the case, said: “It appears from the testimony of two competent witnesses that the…
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