Legal Opinion
Estate of Shelly
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 14, 1979No. 316 & 317PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Rebecca Roberts Shelly died in 1971. She left two testamentary instruments, one executed in 1965 and another in 1969. Both testamentary writings made substantial gifts to “Peter S. Anthony” and named the Roberts Shelly Foundation, a charitable institution established by decedent in 1955, as the residuary beneficiary.
In a previous litigation, decedent’s 1969 instrument was found invalid due to alterations and was denied probate. Estate of Shelly, 463 Pa. 430, 345 A.2d 593 (1975). In the present litigation, the heirs of decedent seek to void her 1965 will,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Burtt WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- In Re Estate of ZielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Price v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1857
- In Re Estate of FickertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Abrams WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Estate of LakatoshSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Moser v. DeSettaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Estate of ReichelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Gilmore v. Northeast Dodge Co., Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Bigham v. WenschhofSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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