Fick Will
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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
- Estate of KnoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Turner v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Kimmel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Kauffman WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Gray WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Moore WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- In re Estate of ShellySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Azinger Will, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1981
- Estate of ScanlonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- In Re: Estate of Helen C. CitinoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019