Williamanna H. D. Grubb's Estate

Citations

• 174 Pa. 187
• 34 A. 573
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 869

Syllabus

<p>Will — Married women — Witnesses—Constitutional law — Act of June 3, 1887 — Probate.</p> <p>The act of June 3, 1887, P. L. 332, giving to a married woman the power to dispose of her property by will “ in writing signed by her or manifested by her mark or cross made by her at the end thereof in the same manner as if she were unmarried,” is not defective in title and is constitutional.</p> <p>Where a will is written in three chapters or sections on three different pieces of paper, each being signed by the testator, and all the sections being necessary to a complete testamentary disposition of the property, the three papers taken together constitute the will.</p>