Opinion
11-26-2014
ESTATE OF Isabel WILNER, Deceased. Petition of Linda Baker.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 26th day of November, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:
Whether this Court should accept jurisdiction to determine if it should overrule the rigid application of the irrebutable “two witness” rule, particularly in cases where a disinterested scrivener, an officer of the [c]ourt, testifies credibly concerning the contents of the [w]ill and where [,] based on the overwhelming evidence in the case as determined by the trier of fact[,] application of the rule would create the very injustice that it was intended to avoid[.]
Petitioner's Application for Leave to File a Reply to Answer to address her standing in this matter is DENIED, as respondent waived the issue of petitioner's standing by failing to raise it in the Superior Court. See Pa.R.A.P. 302(a); In re Condemnation by Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, 590 Pa. 431, 913 A.2d 178, 181 n. 6 (2006) (noting standing in Pennsylvania is nonjurisdictional and therefore waivable (citation omitted)).