MAIER v. HENNING


525 Pa. 160 (1990)

578 A.2d 1279

Albert F. MAIER and Albert F. Maier, Jr., Executors of the Estate of Walter J. Sudu a/k/a Walter Sudu, Deceased, Appellees, v. Earl L. HENNING, Gunnar M. Henning and Maynard W. Henning, t/a Gem Properties, Appellants, and Joseph Sudu, Stanley Sudu and Anna Percz, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Hayes, Patricia Carroll, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Leon H. Kline, Philadelphia, Martin H. Philip, Harry A. Jacobowitz, Palmerton, for Joseph & Stanley Sudu and Anna Percz.

Roger N. Nanovic, II, Jim Thorpe, for Albert F. Maier & Albert F. Maier, Jr.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether specifically devised real property may be sold by a testator's personal representative without the joinder of the specific devisees as required by section 3351 of the Probate, Estate and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S.A. § 3351,1 where the testamentary instrument devising the real property gives a general...

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