LAMB ESTATE


445 Pa. 323 (1971)

Lamb Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Kinsley, with him Edward Davis and Howard J. Casper, for appellant.

Walter B. Gibbons, with him George S. Forde, Jr., for appellees.

Before JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, December 20, 1971:

This appeal requires that we determine whether the specific devise of a house "including the contents thereof, absolutely" is a gift of not only the furniture and furnishings but also of three savings accounts, a checking account, three savings bank certificates and uncashed checks payable to testatrix. These latter items, all found in the home, amount to $46,140.63, and constitute a substantial part of the estate...

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