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IN RE ESTATE OF WILNER

No. 136 MAP 2014.

142 A.3d 796 (2016)

In re ESTATE OF Isabel WILNER, Deceased. Appeal of Linda Baker.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted January 20, 2016.

Decided July 19, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra D. Boyle , Wyoming County Human Services, Inc. (Children & Youth), Mary Elizabeth Kohart , Colin J. O'Boyle , Dean Richard Phillips , Deborah Hart Simon , Gregory Scott Voshell , Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski, P.C., Blue Bell, C.H. Welles IV , Law Offices of C.H. Welles IV, Scranton, for Linda Baker, Appellant.

Bruce Richard Beemer , Sean Andrew Kirkpatrick , John G. Knorr III , Office of the Attorney General, for Charities, Appellee.

James Francis Mannion , Mannion Prior, L.L.P., King of Prussia, for Dana Wilner, Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, JJ.

OPINION

In this appeal by allowance, we consider the meaning and proper application of the statutory two-witness rule for proving a will where the original, executed will is lost.

This dispute arises from an attempt to enter a copy of a lost will into probate. According to the...

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