Legal Opinion

Griffith Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 8, 1948No. Appeal, 73PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

This is an appeal from a decree of an orphans’ court in an issue devisavit vel non, sustaining the validity of a second codicil to the will of a decedent. The will and first codicil were probated and are not contested. The disputed second codicil appoints a brother and a former employee (appellees) as executors and trustees in the place of decedent’s attorney and friend (appellant). The sole issue is the validity of the disputed codicil, the determination of which decides who are the executors and trustees of decedent’s will.

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Lare WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  2. Cross's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. Churchill's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  4. Bates's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Socialist Labor CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Quein WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  2. Commonwealth v. General Foods Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  3. Garchinsky v. Clifton Heights BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  4. Damon v. BergerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Glace WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964

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