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SMITH ESTATE

442 Pa. 249 (1971)

Smith Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beasley, with him Michael T. McDonnell, Jr. and C. William Kraft, III, and Beasley, Albert, Hewson and Casey, for appellant.

Stephen A. McBride, with him Garland D. Cherry, and Kassab, Cherry, Curran and Archbold, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, March 18, 1971:

This appeal seeks our review of an orphans' court decree denying appellant's petition for a change of venue. Such a decree being interlocutory, the appeal must be quashed.

The present controversy stems from appellant's status as sole beneficiary of a will dated March 11, 1967, and appellee's status as a residuary legatee of a contested after-dated will. At a hearing before the Register of Wills of Delaware County...

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