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ESTATE OF DAVIS

465 Pa. 94 (1975)

348 A.2d 134

In re ESTATE of Edith DAVIS, Deceased. Appeal of Hortense HIRSCH.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Metz, Jr., Metz, Cook, Hanna & Kelly, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

G. Donald Gerlach, Robert W. Watson, Jr., Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Hortense Hirsch filed a claim against the estate of decedent Edith Davis based upon an alleged oral contract between herself and decedent. When appellant sought to testify on her own behalf at trial, the executors relying on the Dead Man's Act,1 challenged her competency to testify. The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Orphans...

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