Case Name: Harbilas Estate
Court: Lackawanna County Orphans' Court
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1954-04-27
Citations: 88 Pa. D. & C. 534
Docket Number: no. 874 of 1953
Parties: Harbilas Estate
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania District and County Reports
Volume: 88
Pages: 534–535

Head Matter:
Harbilas Estate
Charles H. Welles, 3rd, and Pearson M. Judd, for proponents.
Bernard J. Broivn, for guardian.
John R. Lenahan, Ben L. Stone, James D. Stone, and Walter W. O’Hara, for contestants.
April 27, 1954.

Opinion:
Brady, P. J.,
— This case came before us on appeal from the probate of the alleged last will and testament of Stasia Harbilas, deceased, alleging testamentary incapacity and undue influence. After considerable testimony was taken and before the close thereof, counsel for contestants presented a motion to amend their petition for citation on the appeal to include, in addition to lack of mental capacity on the part of testatrix and undue influence on the part of others, that the writing admitted to probate was not validly executed in accordance with section 2 of the Wills Act of April 24, 1947, P. L. 89. In my opinion the sufficiency of the execution is properly raised and is an issue in the trial of this case.
And now, April 27, 1954, it is ordered and decreed that the motion to amend be allowed, that this case be reopened and that the parties to this action be permitted, if they see fit, to offer testimony relative to the issue raised in the motion.