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GUY v. LIEDERBACH

501 Pa. 47 (1983)

459 A.2d 744

Mrs. Frances E. GUY, Appellee, v. Ruth E. LIEDERBACH, Executor of the Estate of Harry J. Liederbach, Esquire, deceased, and William E. Eimer, Esquire, and Edward D. Foy, Jr., Esquire, and Liederbach, Eimer and Foy, Attorneys-At-Law, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Freeman, Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellants.

Galen D. Hawk, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice:

This case, one of first impression for us, presents the question of whether a named beneficiary of a will who is also named executrix has a cause of action against the attorney who drafted the will and directed her to witness it where the fact that she witnessed the will voided her entire legacy and her appointment as executrix. Common Pleas Court dismissed appellee's suit, relying on Lawall v. Groman, 180...

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