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PEARSON ESTATE

442 Pa. 172 (1971)

Pearson Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Wood, with him Metzger, Hafer, Keefer, Thomas and Wood, for appellant, income beneficiary.

Bruce E. Cooper, with him Charles E. Friedman, and Cooper, Friedman & Friedman, for appellant, guardian and trustee ad litem.

Charles A. Woods, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, with him Fred Speaker, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellant.

R.J. Woodside, with him Woodside, Woodside & Zwally, for appellant, North Dakota State University, remainderman.

Walter K. Swartzkopf, Jr., with him Paul H. Rhoads, and Rhoads, Sinon & Reader, for appellee, administrator c.t.a.

James H. Stewart, Jr., with him Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, for appellees, income beneficiaries.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, March 18, 1971:

Robert Pearson (testator) died on July 27, 1967, leaving a holographic instrument dated January 7, 1958, and entitled "Will and Testimony" (will), which was admitted to probate and letters of administration c.t.a. were granted to Dauphin Deposit Trust Company (administrator).1 Testator, a childless widower, was survived by six brothers and sisters,...

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