MARTIN ESTATE


365 Pa. 280 (1950)

Martin Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 26, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald D. Prather, for appellant.

F. Joseph Thomas, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES and BELL, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, June 26, 1950:

Mary Martin died testate, leaving a surviving husband but no issue. The Record does not contain a copy of her home drawn will but the will did not contain a residuary clause. The husband elected to take against the will and thereafter claimed that he was entitled, under the Intestate Laws, to $10,000 and one-half (½) of the balance of the estate of which his wife died intestate. In pursuance of his said right, the husband...

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