De Haven's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Register’s Court of Philadelphia: No. 84, to July Term 1872. The proceedings in this case were upon admitting to probate a paper writing, dated September 2d, 1859, purporting to be the will of Sophia De Haven, deceased, and also another dated April 2d 1861, a codicil to the will. On the 31st of May 1869, the register admitted these papers to be proved, and issued letters testamentary to Emma D. Hampton and Hugh De Haven, Jr., the executors named in the will.
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Appeal from the Register’s Court of Philadelphia: No. 84, to July Term 1872. The proceedings in this case were upon admitting to probate a paper writing, dated September 2d, 1859, purporting to be the will of Sophia De Haven, deceased, and also another dated April 2d 1861, a codicil to the will. On the 31st of May 1869, the register admitted these papers to be proved, and issued letters testamentary to Emma D. Hampton and Hugh De Haven, Jr., the executors named in the will. On the 2d of June 1869, Hugh De Haven and Charles E. De Haven, sons of the decedent, appealed from the decree of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, March 9th 1874, by
Ag-new, C. J.
This case is an unsuccessful attempt to convert physical weakness and mental distress into imbecility of mind, and to extract undue influence over the judgment and will of a parent, from filial affection and devotion to the parent’s welfare and happiness. Mrs. Sophia De Haven’s husband was an invalid for years, and for months before his death a bedridden sufferer. Some of her sons were irregular in life, and disposed to draw heavily upon her purse. She, the wife and mother, whose will is in controversy, was a woman of…
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