Miller's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 314, Oot. T., 1894, by heir, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., June T., 1892, No. 202, dismissing petition for leave to appeal from register of wills. Petition of Alexander H. Miller for leave to appeal from decision of register admitting the will of Alexander H. Miller, deceased, to probate.
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Appeal, No. 314, Oot. T., 1894, by heir, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., June T., 1892, No. 202, dismissing petition for leave to appeal from register of wills. Petition of Alexander H. Miller for leave to appeal from decision of register admitting the will of Alexander H. Miller, deceased, to probate. The facts appear by the following opinion of McIlvaine, P. J., of the 27th judicial district, specially presiding: ■ “Alexander H. Miller died Sept. 4, 1887. He left a will, which was duly probated Sept. 10, 1887. Among other things ■the testator provided that $500 should be paid annually…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The questions now brought to our attention were substantially involved in the former appeal to this court by the same appellant, which will be found reported in 159 Pa. 562 and 575. There seems however to be some uncertainty about the proper practice in contests over the probate of alleged testamentary writings, and it is to this circumstance, as we have no doubt, that the necessity for the present appeal must be charged. , Prior to the act of 1712 the register general of the province seems to have had charge of the probate of wills and the granting of letters…
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