Lock Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

This is the appeal of Esther Raechel Lock, surviving spouse, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Dauphin County. That decree denied Esther Lock’s claim for the allowance to her of the family exemption in the estate of Mike Lock, her deceased husband, and vacated her election to take against the will of Mike Lock.

Mike Lock died testate on January 24, 1961. His will was duly probated on March 9, 1961. On July 28, 1961, Esther Lock, the widow, filed an election to take against the will and on September 9, 1961, filed an application for allowance of the family…