SHEERIN et al. v. BEATTIE


365 Pa. 510 (1950)

Sheerin et al., Appellants, v. Beattie, Register of Wills.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Riordan, for appellants.

Albert H. Heimbach, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, November 13, 1950:

The Register of Wills of Carbon County properly refused to probate a will where, before a formal decree of probate had been signed, verbal and written notice of an intention to file a caveat had been given him by the attorney for contestant, followed in twenty days by the entry of a formal caveat and the filing of a statutory bond. Proponents, appellants herein, contend that the deputy register of wills had...

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