Legal Opinion

Watt Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 13, 1962No. Appeal, 196PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

On this appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Butler County two questions are presented: (1) at the time of the death of George R. Watt (decedent) on July 27, 1957, who was his lawful wife?; (2) if it was Veronica Watt, had she, by desertion or estoppel, forfeited her right to any claim against decedent’s estate?

Decedent entered into four ceremonial marriages: (a) with Bessie Lewis from whom, at her suit, he was divorced on December 18, 1928; (b) with Veronica Fisher to whom he was married on June 25, 1929 and from whom he was divorced…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Worrall's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
  2. Thewlis's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  3. Miller's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Gongaware's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  5. Lodge's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ReeseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. GAF CORPORATION v. Amchem Products, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. In Re Adoption of J. A. B.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  4. Edith P. Goodwin v. Hartford Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
  5. Krepinevich EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969

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