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In Re Estate of LeVin

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 3, 1992No. 3307PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

This case involves an appeal from the September 5, 1991, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Orphans’ Court Division, entering a nonsuit in favor of the Meridian Bank & Trust Company (“Meridian”) and against Joseph Tercha, The Foundation For Animals and Culture, and The Unity School For Christianity, appellants. We reverse.

The standard of review has been articulated in Estate of Dunlap, 471 Pa. 303, 370 A.2d 314, 315 (1977) (Footnote omitted):

The power of the orphans’ court to enter a nonsuit derives from section 779 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of PedrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Phillips' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  3. Flagiello v. CrillySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Williams v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  5. In Re Estate of ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. In re Estate of SmalingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. In re Estate of FrittsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. LassenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. In re BosleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. In re Estate of StoutSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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