Fetterhoff's Estate

Citations

• 228 Pa. 535
• 77 A. 826
• 1910 Pa. LEXIS 521

Syllabus

<p>Will — Charitable devise — Act of April 26, 1855, P. L. 828 — Attesting witnesses — Disqualifying interest — Officers of charity.</p> <p>Where a will includes a number of legacies and a general residuary-devise for charitable purposes, and two of the three attesting witnesses are connected with one of the charities benefited, in the capacity of trustees, while the third witness is an officer in several of the religious and charitable organizations benefited, the witnesses are disqualified under the act of 1855 and the charitable gifts fail.</p>