FARMER WILL


385 Pa. 486 (1956)

Farmer Will.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Kubert, with him J. Franklin Hartzel, M. Stuart Goldin and Levi, Mandell & Miller, for appellants.

J. Lawrence Grim, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ARNOLD, June 25, 1956:

In this will contest, tried without a jury, the contestants appeal from the refusal of their petition for an issue devisavit vel non and dismissal of their appeal from probate of decedent's will. They alleged as basis for contest: (1) forgery; and (2) undue influence practiced by proponent upon decedent, who was alleged to be so infirm and of such advanced years as not to comprehend the meaning of a will; and further alleged...

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