SOMMERVILLE ESTATE


417 Pa. 600 (1965)

Sommerville Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Solomon, with him Franklin A. Wurman, and Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien and Frankel, for appellant.

Paul Maloney, for appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, April 20, 1965:

Margaret Sommerville (testatrix), a Philadelphia resident, died on August 28, 1958. On September 3, 1958, her lawyer-drawn will was probated. Thereafter, Margaret Russell, the only child of testatrix, appealed the probate of the will. The will contest which developed eventually reached this Court and we upheld the validity of the will: Sommerville Will, 406 Pa. 207, 177 A.2d 496....

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