ZEIGLER ESTATE


381 Pa. 436 (1955)

Zeigler Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 19, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Evans, with him R. Clifton Hood, for appellant.

Robert L. Orr, with him Clyde Holt and Reed, Ewing & Ray, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, April 19, 1955:

This is an appeal from a decree of the Orphans' Court of Beaver County annulling the election of Elizabeth K. Zeigler, widow, to take against the will of her deceased husband, William Zeigler. The circumstances leading up to the litigation are briefly related. In the year 1951, William Zeigler, then 74 years of age, and Elizabeth K. Anderson, 69 years of age, decided to spend their declining years together as man and...

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