Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Rees
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 1984No. 40PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, Judge:
Appellant challenges the lower court’s order striking her election to take against decedent’s will. Specifically, she argues that the lower court erred in concluding that appellant and decedent were not united in common law marriage. We find no merit in appellant’s challenge and, accordingly, affirm.
Following decedent’s death on September 24, 1978, appellant filed an election to take against decedent’s will, to which appellees, the executors of decedent’s estate, objected. After depositions of out-of-state witnesses were taken, and a hearing was held to determine appellant’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Manfredi EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Baker v. MitchellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Wagner EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- McGrath's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Nikitka's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
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3Cited by14 opinions
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