Kelley v. Kelley

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Kelley v. Kelley

25 Pa. 460

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·Decided July 1, 1855·Published·Cited by 6 cases

Opinion

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Woodward, J.

The will under which the plaintiff claims contains all the unimportant phrases of the form book, without a single intelligible devise or bequest. Such a will is insensible and void. It is incapable of being interpreted or executed. The [463]*463parol evidence that was offered, and properly rejected, might have made a will for the testator, but could have given no vitality to this senseless and shapeless instrument.

The judgment is affirmed.

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Woodward, J.

The will under which the plaintiff claims contains all the unimportant phrases of the form book, without a single intelligible devise or bequest. Such a will is insensible and void. It is incapable of being interpreted or executed. The [463]*463parol evidence that was offered, and properly rejected, might have made a will for the testator, but could have given no vitality to this senseless and shapeless instrument.

The judgment is affirmed.

Kelley v. Kelley, 25 Pa. 460 (Pa. 1855).

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