Okowitz Will
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Benjamin R Jones,
On July 23, 1952, Anthony Okowitz, a Wayne County resident, died in Honesdale, Pa. Surviving him as next-of-kin were four sisters, two brothers and the son of a deceased brother.1 After Okowitz’s death, a paper which purported to be his last will was found in a dresser drawer in his bedroom. The validity of this paper, directed to be probated as Okowitz’s last will, is the subject of these appeals.
An appeal was taken2 from the probate of this will to the Orphans’ Court of Wayne County; after a hearing, that court upheld the probate and dismissed *85the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Delaurentiis's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Sando WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Molden WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Heller EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Rhodes WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
3Cited by7 opinions
- Patrick v. PatrickCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1994
- Kraus Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1972
- Carson Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Washington County1976
- Howanec Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1971
- Kirk EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1967
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