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ESTATE OF GAVULA

490 Pa. 535 (1980)

417 A.2d 168

ESTATE of John GAVULA. Appeal of Anna ARDOS.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 3, 1980.

Reargument Denied November 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Gibbons, Lehighton, for appellant.

Daniel F. Zeigler, Jim Thorpe, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

John Gavula died testate on November 21, 1975. In his last will, dated May 15, 1963, the deceased directed his just debts, funeral expenses, and testamentary expenses to be paid and left the remainder of his estate to his two sisters.

On March 5, 1976, Anna Ardos, appellant, petitioned the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County, Orphans' Court Division, for a "spouse's allowance"1

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