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Orgill v. Roberts

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 17, 1952
109 N.E.2d 508 (Ohio 1952)

Opinion

No. 33288

Decided December 17, 1952.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Wills — Spoliated or ordinary — Portion of testatrix' signature torn off — Testatrix' initials crossed off on each page — Revocation — Intent — Method — Evidence — Presumption — Probate Court refused probate of will profferred as spoliated will — Appeal to Court of Appeals — Cause remanded with instructions to probate as ordinary will — Jurisdiction of Court of Appeals — Section 6, Article IV, Constitution.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga county.

Mr. Ray T. Miller, Mr. Kenneth G. Weinberg and Mr. John W. Winn, for appellee.

Mr. Horace Andrews and Mr. Louis E. Dolan, for appellant.



It is ordered and adjudged that this appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., ZIMMERMAN, STEWART, MIDDLETON, TAFT, MATTHIAS and HART, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Orgill v. Roberts

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 17, 1952
109 N.E.2d 508 (Ohio 1952)
Case details for

Orgill v. Roberts

Case Details

Full title:IN RE ESTATE OF TYLER: ORGILL, APPELLEE v. ROBERTS, ADMR., APPELLANT

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Dec 17, 1952

Citations

109 N.E.2d 508 (Ohio 1952)
109 N.E.2d 508

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