Kline's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Kephaet,

Frank J. Kline died, leaving property worth some $17,000, which by will, with the exception of a small bequest for masses, was given to Kuth McAlarney, with whom he had boarded for a few years. A niece of decedent appealed from the probate of the will challenging the signature, which appeared by mark, as a forgery. In her petition she asked for an issue to the court of common pleas to try by jury the authenticity of the instrument. The court below refused this request.

The decedent, Frank J. Kline, during his life was an educated, intelligent and…