Is Williamson Estate still good law?
On August 24, 2009, the PA Superior Court filed its opinion in Wachovia Bank, N.A.’s appeal in The Estate of Anna Fridenberg . See 2009 PA Super 164.
The case arose on Objections to the Account of Wachovia Bank, N,A, as the Trustee of a perpetual charitable trust. Wachovia’s corporate predecessor served
Thomas Bucher, son of retired Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas Judge Wilson Bucher, died in July 2008. It was a suicide. His will gave the bulk of his estate to the Lancaster County Public Library – an estimated $1 million. We wrote about the case in an earlier blog post.
Judge Joseph Rehkamp, the Perry County
See John Elihon’s article in the August 5, 2009 New York Times: Writing Expert Says Astor’s Signature Was Forged
"That testimony by Mr. Lesnevich, a forensic document examiner and prosecution witness, appeared to be a blow to Francis X. Morrissey Jr., an estate lawyer who prosecutors have accused of forging Mrs. Astor’s signature on