ACKERMAN ESTATE


395 Pa. 179 (1959)

Ackerman Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Valentine, for appellants.

Andrew Hourigan, Jr., with him George A. Spohrer, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN and McBRIDE, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, March 24, 1959:

On October 16, 1944, Edward J. Ackerman, while apparently on a visit to the bank of the South Side Bank and Trust Company in Scranton, picked up a deposit slip and wrote on its reverse side the following: "Oct. 6, 1944 I Edward J. Ackerman wishes at the time of my death that everything excepted Two Thousand Dollars should go to Helen Schmeig the rest to the Ackerman Trust Estate. Edward J. Ackerman."

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