Hughes's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,

Mary F. Hughes, widow, died July 8, 1925, leaving three children, a daughter and two sons, all of full age; a paper dated July 1, 1925, was admitted to probate as the will of decedent and letters testamentary were granted thereon to Thomas E. Hughes, whom the testatrix referred to as her husband but the court below found to be her “paramour.” At a later date, decedent’s three children appealed to the orphans’ court, filing a petition for a citation, wherein they prayed that Thomas E. Hughes be directed to show cause why the probate should not be set…