CASTO ESTATE

No. 72 of 1950.

73 Pa. D. & C. 306 (1950)

Casto Estate

Common Pleas Court of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

August 25, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Ramsey, Reuben Miller and George X. Schwarts, for petitioner.

Edward F. Cantlin and Samuel M. Tollen, for respondents.


VAN RODEN, P.J., August 25, 1950.

This is another one of the increasingly frequent cases where testator sought to avoid the expense of consulting a lawyer to draft his will, and instead resorted to the use of a typewritten form purchased at a stationery store. Such illusory economy has resulted not only in excessive litigation, but also in the frustration of the testator's intentions.

Decedent died May 17, 1949. His last will and testament, dated April 1,...

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