Legal Opinion

Covington Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 20, 1943No. Appeals, 130 and 131PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the order of the court below directing the Register of Wills to refuse probate of certain holographic papers purporting to constitute the last will and testament of Joseph H. Covington and Helen M. Covington, husband and wife respectively, who on October 27, 1942, were found dead by suicide in the kitchen of their home in Eddystone. While the bodies Avere being removed from the kitchen the wife’s sister noticed a sealed envelope on the kitchen table. It contained three sheets of paper identical in form and apparently taken from a pad…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HarmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1846
  2. Maginn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. Wikoff's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
  4. Seiter's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  5. Baker's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Burns v. KabboulSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Coyne WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Baldwin WillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  4. Castruccio v. Estate of CastruccioCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2017
  5. Estate of CallahanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965

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