Baptist Church v. Robbarts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Bucks county. Dec. 26. — -The case arose on an issue whether a certain paper was the will of John Robbarts. The paper purported to be so was in his handwriting, dated in 1838, and signed thus — S©febar4sr Its execution was proved.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Bucks county. Dec. 26. — -The case arose on an issue whether a certain paper was the will of John Robbarts. The paper purported to be so was in his handwriting, dated in 1838, and signed thus — S©febar4sr Its execution was proved. John Robbarts died December, 1844. Plaintiff then offered to prove “ declarations of John Robbarts in September, 1843, and November, 1844, when in declining health; that he had, and always kept a will; that he wished to prevent his property going as he did not wish;” and the circumstances of his family. It was rejected, and is the first…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnside, J.
— The 13th section of the act of the 3d April, 1833, relating to wills, is substantially the same as the 29th Charles 2, chap. 3, sect. 6. It provides, that “no will in writing, concerning any real estate, shall be repealed; nor shall any devise, or *111direction, be altered, otherwise than by some other will, or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, executed and proved in the same manner as hereinbefore provided; or by burning, cancelling, or obliterating or destroying the same, by the testator himself, or by some one in his presence, and by his express direction.”
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