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ESTATE OF SHELLY

484 Pa. 322 (1979)

399 A.2d 98

ESTATE OF Rebecca Roberts SHELLY, Deceased. Appeal of G. ROBERTS et al., Heirs at law.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 14, 1979.

Reargument Denied April 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Huganir, Norristown, for appellant.

Arthur M. Cooper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, M. Paul Smith, Raymond Pearlstine, David M. Jordan, Norristown, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Rebecca Roberts Shelly died in 1971. She left two testamentary instruments, one executed in 1965 and another in 1969. Both testamentary writings made substantial gifts to "Peter S. Anthony" and named the Roberts Shelly Foundation, a charitable institution established by decedent in 1955, as the residuary beneficiary.

In a previous litigation, decedent's 1969 instrument was found invalid due to alterations and...

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