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CHRISTOFF ESTATE

411 Pa. 419 (1963)

Christoff Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Alexander, with him Thomas A. Lazaroff, for appellant.

Stephen E. Nash, with him G. Harold Blaxter, Herman S. Harvey, Jr., and Blaxter, O'Neill, Houston & Nash, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, July 2, 1963:

This is an appeal from a decree of the Orphans' Court of Allegheny County which awarded the entire estate of a Pennsylvania decedent, Peter Christoff, to one Constantin Peter Kouzinakis (Peter), a resident of Greece, on the basis of a decree of adoption rendered by a court of Greece which decree purports to make Peter the adopted son of the decedent.

On August 12, 1960, Peter Christoff (decedent), an...

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