SHANK ESTATE


399 Pa. 656 (1960)

Shank Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Jewitt, with him William A. Welsh, for appellant.

Charles R. Shank, Jr., administrator, appellee, in propria persona.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, May 23, 1960:

This appeal is from a decree of the Orphans' Court of Delaware County dismissing a claim for the family exemption provided for under the Act of April 18, 1949, P.L. 512, § 211, 20 PS § 320.211, as amended by the Act of February 23, 1956, P.L. 1084, § 2.

The pertinent statutory provision is as follows: "The spouse of any decedent dying domiciled in the Commonwealth, and if there be no spouse, or if...

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