Appeal of the Reading Fire Insurance & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Berlcs county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 283. Appeal of the Reading Fire Insurance and Trust Company, guardian of Charles B. Riegel, a minor child of Jacob R. Riegel, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Berks county, Schwartz, P. J., dismissing the exceptions filed by the said appellant to the $300 exemption appraisement of Ellen Riegel, who claims to be the widow of said Jacob R. Riegel, deceased, and confirming absolutely…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Berlcs county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 283. Appeal of the Reading Fire Insurance and Trust Company, guardian of Charles B. Riegel, a minor child of Jacob R. Riegel, deceased, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Berks county, Schwartz, P. J., dismissing the exceptions filed by the said appellant to the $300 exemption appraisement of Ellen Riegel, who claims to be the widow of said Jacob R. Riegel, deceased, and confirming absolutely said appraisement. The exception of the appellant to said appraisement was that the said Ellen Riegel is not the widow of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mercur
This is an appeal from a decree setting off $300 worth of property to the alleged widow of Jacob R. Riegel, deceased. Whether the appellee was ever his lawful wife, is the question in the case.
It is clearly proved that they lived and cohabited together for several years. She gave birth to a child, which he claimed and recognized to be his. There is evidence that at times he declared she was his wife, and introduced her as such. On one occasion, when he conve}ed some real estate, she joined in the deed as his wife. At other times, when asked whether he *207was married to her, he would give evasive…
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