Legal Opinion

Estate of: I. Wilner Pet of: Baker, L.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 26, 2014No. 390 MAL 2014 (Granted)PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

AND NOW, this 26th day of November, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:

Whether this Court should accept jurisdiction to determine if it should overrule the rigid application of the irrebutable “two witness” rule, particularly in cases where a disinterested scrivener, an officer of the [cjourt, testifies credibly concerning the contents of the [w]ill and where[,] based on the overwhelming evidence in the case as determined by the trier of fact[,] application of the rule would create the very injustice that it was intended to avoid[,]

Petitioner’s…

3Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Condemnation by Urban Redevelopment AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

4Cited by4 opinions

  1. Estate of: I. Wilner Appeal of: Baker, L.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Estate of: I. Wilner Appeal of: Baker, L.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  3. Estate of: I. Wilner Appeal of: Baker, L.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Estate of: I. Wilner Appeal of: Baker, L.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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