Legal Opinion

Ash Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 1, 1944No. Appeal, 173PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

This is an appeal from the probate of a will. The petitioner sought the grant of an issue deyisayit yel non to determine whether the testatrix possessed testamentary capacity and whether the will was procured by undue influence. The orphans’ court refused the application.

Contestant is an incorporated church. It was the sole residuary legatee named in a prior mutual or reciprocal will executed by the decedent and her late husband. It was also named as a beneficiary in several of the ten wills or codicils admitted in evidence (only seven of which were…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Phillips' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  2. Lawrence's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  3. Szmahl's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Wilson v. MitchellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
  5. Aggas v. MunnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Williams v. McCarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. In Re Estate of ZielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Quein WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  4. Higbee WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  5. Wagner v. Somerset County Memorial Park, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

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