Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1857

Vandruff v. Rinehart

Vandruff v. Rinehart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided November 19, 1857
29 Pa. 232; 1857 Pa. LEXIS 142

Vandruff v. Rinehart

Opinion of the Court

the opinion was delivered

Per Curiam.

If one having testamentary capacity, is unable from palsy or other cause to steady his hand so as to make to his ■will the signature required by law, another person may hold his hand and aid him in so doing; and it is not necessary to prove any express request from the testator for such assistance. The act is his own with the assistance of another, and not the act of another under authority from him. This principle is the only one questioned here. It was rightly decided.

Judgment affirmed.

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