FAWCETT ESTATE


449 Pa. 497 (1972)

Fawcett Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold V. Fergus, with him Scott H. Fergus, and Fergus, Martin and Fergus, for appellants.

Vincent J. Dopko, Deputy Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, November 30, 1972:

On July 26, 1969, F.K. Fawcett, a wealthy, eighty-seven-year-old Washington County industrialist, was murdered in his home. Despite his age, Mr. Fawcett, who had been a widower for some years, was still actively engaged in business and community affairs, serving as president of Penn Manufacturing Company at the time of his death.

Late in 1965, while serving on the board of the local Y.M.C.A., Mr. Fawcett...

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