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· 7/2/1981

Estate of Dulles

Citations

  • 431 A.2d 208
  • 494 Pa. 180
  • 17 A.L.R. 4th 1279
  • 1981 Pa. LEXIS 901

How courts have described this case

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  • statutory rule of will construction amounts to State action in manner identical to an intestacy statute because in both instances the State steps in to supply a presumed intent, with the result that \the state and not the decedent dictates the method of distribution\
  • statutory rule of will construction amounts to State action in manner identical to an intestacy statute because in both instances the State steps in to supply a presumed intent, with the result that “the state and not the decedent dictates the method of distribution”

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Judges: Roberts, O'Brien

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