Beegle's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 58, April T., 1916, by Malinda Beegle, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., May T., 1915, No. 166, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Calvin J. Beegle, deceased. The auditing judge, Miller, filed the following adjudication : The alleged first wife of the decedent and their children, file exceptions and contest the right of the alleged second wife of decedent, to share in the distribution of his estate.
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Appeal, No. 58, April T., 1916, by Malinda Beegle, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., May T., 1915, No. 166, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Calvin J. Beegle, deceased. The auditing judge, Miller, filed the following adjudication : The alleged first wife of the decedent and their children, file exceptions and contest the right of the alleged second wife of decedent, to share in the distribution of his estate. At the audit a petition was presented by the first wife, praying to set aside the widow’s exemption awarded to the second wife, on the ground of illegality in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bt
Henderson, J.,
That the appellant was married to Calvin J. Beegle under the belief that' her husband, Charles Efline, had obtained a divorce from her might fairly be concluded from the evidence. She and Beegle appeared before a magistrate in Altoona, where they were living, and were openly and publicly married and thereafter continued to live together in that community. Several children were born to them arid it is sufficiently shown that Beegle recognized the appellant as his wife, and introduced her to his relatives and friends as such. While a valid marriage relation could not be…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Thewlis's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Richard v. BrehmSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- Wile's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Vincent's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
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- Estate of Mary F. HughesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- In re the Accounting of Security Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1949