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SWOPE ESTATE

383 Pa. 494 (1956)

Swope Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 6, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John I. Hartman, Jr., with him Windolph & Johnstone, for appellant.

No argument was made nor brief submitted for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, January 6, 1956:

This appeal concerns the construction of a holographic will, a photographic copy of which is as follows:

Testator died February 20, 1954. He left to survive him as his only heirs two sons, John and Paul. According to the audit of the executor's account, the estate consists of $16,517.80. The auditing judge awarded the net estate to the two sons. Donald...

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