Rice's Estate

Citations

• 173 Pa. 298
• 33 A. 1100
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 699

Syllabus

<p>Will — Probate—Subscribing witnesses — Evidence.</p> <p>A will was duly probated before the register of wills by the testimony of the two subscribing witnesses. Some months afterward an appeal was taken from the register, and one of the subscribing witnesses repudiated Ms former testimony and declared that he signed at the request of counsel, and that testatrix was not present when he signed. The original testimony of the witness was corroborated by that of a member of the bar whose integrity was beyond suspicion. The later statement of the subscribing witness was inconsistent with the testimony of another witness. Held that the appeal was properly dismissed.</p>