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RUSSELL ESTATE

385 Pa. 557 (1956)

Russell Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 25, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Wolkin, with him Leonard Sarner and Wolkin, Sarner & Cooper, for appellant.

E.P. Hannum and Ronald Souser, with them Thomas M. Hyndman and Souser, Schumacker, Kleeb & Lunkenheimer, for appellees.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, June 25, 1956:

The question here is whether the attempted proof of a gift inter vivos was sufficient to meet all factual and legal requirements. The court below held that it was; in our opinion it was not.

The essential facts are not in dispute and are as follows:

The decedent, Joseph P. Russell, was married in 1915 to the present appellant, Lillian Russell. He deserted...

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