LIZENKON ESTATE


455 Pa. 604 (1974)

Lizenkon Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Francis Lawler, with him Cyril D. Brain, Isidor Ostroff, and Ostroff & Lawler, for appellants.

Jay C. Waldman, Assistant United States Attorney, with him Richard L. Thornburgh, United States Attorney, for appellee.

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


OPINION PER CURIAM, March 25, 1974:

Decree affirmed. Each party to bear own costs.

DISSENTING OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MANDERINO:

In this case, the Register of Wills of Allegheny County granted letters of administration to James Francis Lawler, Esquire, who was the nominee of Matrena Fedorovna Lizunova, who is a resident and citizen of Russia, and the sister of the decedent. The trial court vacated the decree of the Register of Wills and authorized the...

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