Legal Opinion

Henry's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 26, 1923No. Appeal, No. 108PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

Annie E. Henry died at her home in Pittsburgh on July 14, 1920, and a writing, purporting to be her last will and giving her entire estate to her husband, David F. Henry, was duly presented and admitted to probate; therefrom her surviving children, D. Ford Henry, Jr., and Lillian H. Smith, appealed to the orphans’ court, praying for an issue devisavit vel non. An answer was filed and testimony taken, upon which that court granted an issue to the common pleas on the question of lack of *513testamentary capacity, but refused one on the question of forgery; from which…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Tetlow's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  2. Fleming's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  3. Fulton v. HoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859
  4. Burkholder's v. PlankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
  5. McWilliams' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Masciantonio WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  2. Delaurentiis's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Girsh TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Cameron EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. Steel v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

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