WATT ESTATE


409 Pa. 44 (1962)

Watt Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Levin, with him William M. Acker, and Levin, Levin and Levin, for appellant.

Lee C. McCandless, with him Richard L. McCandless, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, O'BRIEN and KEIM, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, November 13, 1962:

On this appeal from a decree of the Orphans' Court of Butler County two questions are presented: (1) at the time of the death of George R. Watt (decedent) on July 27, 1957, who was his lawful wife?; (2) if it was Veronica Watt, had she, by desertion or estoppel, forfeited her right to any claim against decedent's estate?

Decedent entered into four ceremonial marriages: (a) with Bessie Lewis...

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