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MATTER OF PHILLIPS

471 Pa. 289 (1977)

370 A.2d 307

In the Matter of Mae PHILLIPS a/k/a Ida Mae Phillips, of the Borough of Emlenton, Venango County, Pennsylvania, an alleged incompetent. Appeal of Ida Mae PHILLIPS In the Matter of the ESTATE of Arthur W. PHILLIPS, late of the Borough of Emlenton, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Egan, Wasson, Egan & Wilson, Franklin, F. Walter Bloom, III, Oil City, Joseph C. Owens, Chicago, Ill., guardian ad litem, for appellant.

Benjamin G. McFate, William J. McFate, Milton W. Rosen, Oil City, Robert P. Kane, Atty.Gen., Harrisburg, John M. Duff, Deputy Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, for appellees.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango County, Orphans' Court Division, dismissing appellant Mae Phillips's preliminary objections to (1) a petition filed by the executors of her husband's estate seeking the appointment of a guardian for appellant on the ground that she is incompetent (appeal No. 19); and (2) a petition filed by the executors of her husband's estate to set aside appellant...

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