Legal Opinion

Pfeil's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 12, 1926No. Appeal, 34PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The committee of the estate of a lunatic petitioned the Court below to annul an amicable settlement of a legal contest and reinstate a proceeding, commenced in February, 1921, to question the validity of a paper admitted to probate as the will of the lunatic’s brother; a demurrer was sustained and petitioner has appealed.

From the petition and two supplemental petitions, it appears that, in 1924, Mary Pfeil was legally declared a lunatic and to have been such from a time antedating the before-mentioned settlement, in which she had been paid some $14,000; it also appears that, if the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wirebach's v. First National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Narehood v. PearsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. Hagopian v. EskandarianSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. Mulholland v. Pittsburgh National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Davis v. BlumeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  5. Youngwood Building & Loan Ass'n v. HenrySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939

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