Legal Opinion

Fick Will

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 30, 1965No. Appeal, No. 189PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Bell,

Daniel <7. Fick, testatrix’s son, who was the residuary legatee of testatrix’s original lawyer-drawn will dated January 28, 1957, appeals from the Decree of the Orphans’ Court which involved the interpretation of a holographic paper written by his mother, Hattie L. Fick. The appellant contends this holographic paper dated April 25 or May 22, 1963, was a will which, by implication, revoked his mother’s will of 1957.* Whether this 1963 holographic paper was a will, or a codicil, or merely a letter of directions to her attorney to draw a new will for her, is the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Estate of KnoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. Turner v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  3. Kimmel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Kauffman WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  5. Gray WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Moore WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  2. In re Estate of ShellySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. Azinger Will, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1981
  4. Estate of ScanlonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. In Re: Estate of Helen C. CitinoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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