(DOWNLOAD) "Estate Joseph C. Pedrick" by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Estate Joseph C. Pedrick
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 10, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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This is an appeal by allowance from a Superior Court panels per curiam order, 311 Pa. Super. 602, 458 A.2d 267. The panel affirmed an order of the Orphans Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. Orphans Court entertained the appeal of George A. Butler, Jr. from a decree of Philadelphias Register of Wills, reversed the Register and directed him to admit to probate testator Joseph C. Pedricks September 27, 1979 will written by appellee George A. Butler, Jr. That will distributed the testators entire estate to appellee and his brother, Edmund B. Butler. It also named appellee executor. The sole question before us is the effect of appellees conduct as attorney-scrivener-beneficiary on his right to use Orphans Court process to secure a benefit under the will from conduct which, while not illegal, is not only far below those standards acceptable in the legal profession, but additionally plainly frustrates full equitable inquiry into the substantive issues presented. On the undisputed facts of this case, we hold that appellee, proponent of the September 27, 1979 will, came into equity with unclean hands. Thus, the Orphans Court erred in granting him affirmative relief. Therefore, we reverse.
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