Esack Estate

Shoyer, J.,

Can a widow claim her $750 exemption out of partnership assets in the hands of an assignee for the benefit of partnership creditors ahead of the creditors of the partnership? This question is raised by the joint petition of the administrator c. t. a. of the estate of decedent and the latter’s widow, and the responsive answer filed by the assignee for benefit of the partnership creditors.

David Esack died June 30, 1954, and in the pleadings it was admitted that both decedent and the partnership were insolvent at the time of his death. On July 12,1954, the administrator c. t. a. and…