Legal Opinion

Van Gilder Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 24, 1966No. Appeal, No. 34PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

This appeal raises the single question of whether three unsigned holographic writings are entitled to probate as part of the Will of Frederick C. Van Gilder, Deceased.

The question was certified to the Orphans’ Court of Montgomery County by the Register of Wills pursuant to the Act of June 28, 1951, P. L. 638, §207, 20 P.S. §1840.207.1 The court concluded that the writings formed integral parts of a single integrated instrument consisting of the three disputed sheets and two others, conceded by the parties to be admissible for probate. Accordingly, a decree was…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Estate of KnoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. Maginn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. Churchill's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  4. Wikoff's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
  5. Seiter's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Burns v. KabboulSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Meyer EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1967
  3. In Re: Estate of Helen C. CitinoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  4. Meyer WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Sabat Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1982

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