HENDERSON ESTATE


395 Pa. 215 (1959)

Henderson Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Jay Leon, for appellant.

George M. Brodhead, with him Robert E. Jones, J. Eustace, Jr., and Moffett, Frye & Leopold, for appellee.

Robert A. Webster, with him Henry A. Frye, Frank J. Eustace, Jr., and Moffet, Frye & Leopold, for appellee.

Philip A. Bregy, with him Earle N. Barber, Jr., and MacCoy, Evans & Lewis, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN and BOK, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, March 16, 1959:

These appeals raise the following questions: (1) Is a widow who takes against her husband's will entitled thereby to share in the proceeds of certain policies of insurance upon his life; and (2) did the Orphans' Court have jurisdiction to decide the rights of the widow to the policies or the proceeds thereof?

John R. Henderson died on November 9, 1957, leaving a will dated October 28, 1957. Henderson in his will...

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