CONLIN ESTATE


388 Pa. 483 (1957)

Conlin Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Donnelly, with him Tom H. Bietsch, Harold S. Irwin, Sr., Fred C. Houston, Jr., and Houston & Houston, for appellant.

Hermas L. Weary, with him Weary, Hess & Humer, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, April 15, 1957:

The question involved may be thus stated: What is the meaning of the words "share equally in money", considered in connection with the entire will and the circumstances surrounding testatrix when she made it?

Mrs. Conlin committed suicide on November 9, 1952, thirteen days after the death of her husband. She left the following very unusual handwritten document dated November 4, 1952, signed at the end thereof "Irene...

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