ESTATE OF PORTER


463 Pa. 411 (1975)

345 A.2d 171

In re ESTATE of William Casey PORTER, Incompetent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Talarico, DeCello, Bua & Manifesto, P.C., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert D. Barozzini, Charles F. McKenna, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

In 1926, appellant William Casey Porter was declared incompetent to manage his estate under the Act of May 28, 1907, P.L. 292, repealed by Act of June 28, 1951, P.L. 612, art. VIII, § 801. In March, 1974, appellant petitioned for an adjudication of competency under section 323 of the Incompetents' Estates Act of 1955.1 The orphans' court denied the petition and this appeal ensued.

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