Legal Opinion

Alexander Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 27, 1964No. Appeal, 170PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

On this appeal, we need not and, indeed, on the record presented, cannot reach the merits. The decree appealed from is clearly interlocutory and not appeal-able. The appeal, therefore, must be quashed.

Decedent died in New Jersey, and the administration of her estate has been undertaken in the appropriate court there. Appellants, residents of Pennsylvania, claim to be personal representatives and trustees under a holographic will alleged to be in decedent’s safety deposit box in a New Jersey bank. Appellants filed a petition with the Register of Wills of Delaware…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Stadler v. Mt. Oliver BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Love v. Temple UniversitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  2. Reynolds Metals Co. v. BergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  3. Robertshaw Controls Co. v. Commonwealth, Human Relations CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Stewart EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  5. Hamada v. Committee of SeventySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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