Estate of Scanlon

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Estate of Scanlon, 464 Pa. 236 (Pa. 1975)
346 A.2d 303; 1975 Pa. LEXIS 1052
Brien, Eagen, Jones, Manderino, Nix, Pomeroy, Roberts

Estate of Scanlon

Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Decree affirmed. Each party pay own costs.

*237MANDERINO, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Dissenting Opinion

MANDERINO, Justice

(dissenting).

I dissent. For a document to serve as a will, it must show decedent’s intent to make a testamentary gift, Fick Will, 418 Pa. 352, 211 A.2d 425 (1965), must be in writing and be signed at the end thereof. 20 CPSA § 2502. The decedent, Gerald F. Scanlon, executed a bank signature card on March 15, 1965, intending to create a joint account with a right of survivorship between himself and appellant, his cousin, Frances Townley. That signature card clearly shows decedent’s intent to make a gift of the balance of the account to appellant if she survived him. It qualifies in all respects as a testamentary disposition.

Reference

Full Case Name
ESTATE of Gerald F. SCANLON, Appeal of Frances TOWNLEY
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published