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Argued November 17, 1952.
January 5, 1953.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Harry R. Back, with him Back & Levy and H. Jerome Jaspan, for Marsh claimants, appellants.
J. Wray Connolly, with him Moorhead & Knox, for Hoover, claimant, appellant.
Stella J. Platte, in propria persona, claimant, appellant.
Caroline McDonald Wismiller, in propria persona, claimant, appellant.
William H. Schwartz, in propria persona, claimant, appellant.
Mrs. Adele Schwarz Arnold, in propria persona, claimant, appellant.
Henry Schwarz, Jr., in propria persona, claimant, appellant.
Walter Henry Schatz Platte, in propria persona, claimant, appellant.
Maxine K. Platte Schuessler, in propria persona, claimant, appellant.
Ella Schwarz Bott, in propria persona, claimant, appellant.
Walter H. Schwarz, in propria persona, claimant, appellant.
Arthur R. Schor, with him Rowland F. Kirks, Gerald A. Gleeson, Thomas H. Creighton, Jr., and Howard H. Yocum, for Attorney General of the United States, etc., et al., appellees.
Percival H. Granger, Counsel, and Harry F. Stambaugh, Special Counsel, with them Harry T. Devine and Joseph X. Yaffe, Assistant Counsel and Robert E. Woodside, Attorney General, for claimant, appellee.
Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL and MUSMANNO, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION PER CURIAM, January 5, 1953:
Henrietta E. Garrett died a resident of Philadelphia County on November 16, 1930, intestate as to her residuary estate of over $17,000,000. Nearly 26,000 claims were filed in the Court below by persons claiming the estate as next of kin. The Orphans' Court appointed a Master and Examiners who held some 2,000 hearings and took the testimony of over 1,100 witnesses. The record composed mainly of testimony and exhibits, totals 390...
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