MAY v. FIDELITY TRUST CO.


375 Pa. 135 (1953)

May v. Fidelity Trust Company, Appellant. Frank Will.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued April 23, 1953.

October 15, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl F. Reed, with him Kenneth G. Jackson, James S. Crawford, III, and Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, for appellants.

John C. Bane, Jr., with him Donald B. Heard, Walter T. McGough and Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for appellees.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, October 15, 1953:

The appeals are from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County non obstante veredicto in favor of proponents in a will contest. The issue was devisavit vel non. The verdict of the jury was in favor of contestants, who alleged undue influence.

The cogent relevant testimony may be stated with comparative succinctness, despite a trial which took ten and one-half days. There...

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