Finch's Estate

Opinion bt

Linn, J.,

The order appealed from excludes a husband from sharing in his deceased wife’s estate, on the ground of wilful neglect and desertion within section 5 of the Intestate Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 435. That section provides: “No husband who shall have, for one year or upwards previous to the death of his wife, wilfully neglected or refused to provide for his wife, or shall have for that period or upwards wilfully and maliciously deserted her, shall have the right to claim any title or interest in her real or personal estate after her decease, under the provisions of this act.”

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