Bell's Estate

Klein, J.,

dissenting. — I cannot concur in the majority opinion. I think the exceptions should be sustained and the exemption awarded to the daughter who claims it.

I have read all the cases cited in the majority opinion and cannot accept them as authority for the conclusion reached therein. In my judgment, these cases can all be readily distinguished. In Staley’s Estate, 21 Dist. R. 72 (1911), the claim for exemption was not made until eight years after the death of the husband. The case was decided entirely on the question of laches. In Wanger’s Appeal, 105 Pa. 346 (1884), the factual…