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ESTATE OF BESTWICK

493 Pa. 341 (1981)

426 A.2d 580

ESTATE of Jacob BESTWICK. Appeal of Edith COYLE.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Carlin, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Arnold V. Plum, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a final decree of the Orphans' Court Division, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, which denied a claim of appellant, Edith Coyle, to a one-fourth share of two hundred shares of Sears and Roebuck stock.

Jacob Bestwick died testate in Philadelphia on December 13, 1974. By will dated January 27, 1965, testator provided:

"I, JACOB...

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