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BENNETT ESTATE

366 Pa. 232 (1951)

Bennett Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin L. Pincus, with him Bernard A. Fischer and Harry Fischer, for appellant.

Maurice Heckscher, with him Carl Rice, Michael Kivko, John B. Martin and Duane, Morris & Heckscher, for appellees.

Before DREW, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE LADNER, January 4, 1951:

The decedent, Mary W. Bennett, died October 10, 1946. She had made a holographic will in which she appointed as executors Michael Kivko, Esq. and Carl Rice, Esq., members of the Northumberland County bar. By her will she left her entire estate to the appellant, Jacob Wagner, who is not related to her. The bequest reads as follows: "SECOND: All the rest, residue and remainder...

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