Shestack's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 211, Jau. T., 1920, by Thomas O’Bushko, Executor of Barbara Shes-tack, alias Stosh, from decree of O. C. Lackawanna Co., No. 212, year 1918, awarding to Thomas Stosh, surviving husband, allowance of $5,000, in estate of Barbara Shestack, alias Stosh. Petition for allowance to husband of $5,000 under intestate law. Before Sando, P. J. The court made the allowance. Thomas O’Bushko, executor, appealed. Error assigned was decree of court making allowance.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
On April 26, 1912, Barbara Shestack, widow of Michael Shestack, executed a will disposing of her estate, real and personal, of the approximate value of $10,000. In 1916 she married Thomas Stosh, and, on February 6, 1918, died, leaving in existence her will of April 26, 1912. The appellee claimed to have set aside for him $5,000 of her estate, and the court below so ordered.
The 21st section of the Wills Act of June 7,1917, P. L. 403, provides that: “Where any person, male or female, shall make a last will and testament, and afterwards shall marry,......and shall die, leaving a…
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