Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Meyers

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 6, 1994No. 1652PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

The appeal in this case is from a decision by an orphans’ court which refused an executor’s petition to set aside an inter vivos creation of a joint interest in a bank account in favor of a neighbor who had occupied a confidential relationship with appellant’s decedent. After careful review, we affirm.

The decedent, Edyth B. Meyers, died on May 7,1991, at the age of 97. Letters testamentary were issued to Harvey A. Miller, Jr. He learned that the decedent, during her lifetime, had added the name of her neighbor, Hazel Kline, to a bank account maintained by the decedent at…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Leedom v. PalmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  2. In Re Estate of ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Weir by Gasper v. Estate of CiaoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Drob v. JaffeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  5. Hera v. McCormickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In re Estate of CellaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  2. In re Estate of PietSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. Estate of Marie Hirnyk, Appeal of: Piotrowski, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  4. Estate of: Swartz, A. Appeal of: Swartz, E.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  5. In Re: Est. of McKean, P. Appeal of: Haines, L.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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