Wolff v. Hafer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 84, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant from judgment of C. P. Franklin Co., Feb. T., 1912, No. 102, for plaintiffs on case stated in suit, of James Roland Wolff and Laura Guthrie v. R. O. Hafer. Case stated to determine marketable title to real estate.
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Appeal No. 84, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant from judgment of C. P. Franklin Co., Feb. T., 1912, No. 102, for plaintiffs on case stated in suit, of James Roland Wolff and Laura Guthrie v. R. O. Hafer. Case stated to determine marketable title to real estate. Before Gillan, P. J. From the case stated it appeared that Mary Bell Wolff died on July.22,1905, leaving a will which was as follows: “July 18, 1905. As I am about to undergo a critical operatig would like to say this is what I want done with my personel property & realstate three hundred dollers to be giving to my Brother James Grant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
Mary Bell Wolff died in the borough of Chambers-*583burg, on July 22, 1905, leaving a last will, dated July 18, 1905. The will was probated on July 26, 1905, and letters of administration were issued with the will annexed. The testatrix was a widow at tbe time of her death with no children nor other lineal descendants, and left to survive her two sisters and one brother of the half blood and a nephew, James Roland Wolff, a son of Laura Guthrie, one of the half-sisters. Wolff was reared in the home of the testatrix as her son. She owned a lot on Philadelphia avenue…
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