Legal Opinion

Moore Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 1, 1971No. Appeal, No. 67PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Bell,

The question in this appeal is whether a writing executed by decedent is a codicil to an existing will and should have been admitted to probate, or merely a non-testamentary letter, or a draft of a letter from the decedent to her attorney.

Decedent, Edith B. Moore, died testate on December 24, 1965, in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Her will dated July 13, 1959, was duly probated. A document dated May 3, 1964, purporting to be a codicil to this will was also offered for probate, along with proof of the decedent’s signature thereon. Decedent’s will was found in her…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. McCune's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  2. Kauffman WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  3. Carter EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  4. Clark v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Thompson WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Mills v. KellyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. In Re Estate of RitchieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  3. In re Estate of ShellySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. In Re Estate of HopkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Azinger Will, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1981

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