Shoemaker's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Shoemaker's Estate, 235 Pa. 402 (Pa. 1912)
84 A. 425; 1912 Pa. LEXIS 558
Brown, Fell, Mestrezat, Potter, Stewart

Shoemaker's Estate

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

We concur in the conclusion announced by the learned judge of the orphans’ court that under the decision in Kessler’s Estate, 221 Pa. 314, the bequest to the appellants was void and on his opinion the order dismissing the exceptions and confirming the adjudication is affirmed at the cost of the appellant.

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Syllabus
Wills — Charitable bequests — Witness—Disinterested witness. Prior to tbe passage of tbe Act of June 7, 1911, P. L. 702, a gift to a charity by will failed when one of tbe attesting witnesses was a beneficiary in tbe will altbougb be bad no interest in tbe charity.