SOMMERVILLE WILL


406 Pa. 207 (1962)

Sommerville Will.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 17, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Ann Duffy, with her G. Hayward Reid, for appellant.

Charles M. Solomon, with him Franklin A. Wurman, Bernard L. Frankel, and Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and ALPERN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, January 17, 1962:

The question involved may be simply stated. Does a mother's hatred for her illegitimately born daughter for no disclosed reason amount in law to an insane delusion and justify the voiding of her will?

Margaret Sommerville, the testatrix, died August 28, 1958. She executed her will on October 22, 1945. It was prepared by a reputable attorney, Henry J. Rebman, and he and Mary J. Tait were subscribing witnesses...

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