Legal Opinion

Estate of Edwin A. Watrous

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 10, 1928No. Appeal 153PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Edward Watrous, domiciled in Pennsylvania, died testate, July 8, 1926, leaving a widow to whom letters testamentary were granted. At the audit of her account as executrix, May 5, 1927, a claim for alimony was presented by a former wife who had obtained an absolute divorce from Watrous in 1906 in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraská, for desertion in a suit in wMch he had appeared and answered. She claimed 10 installments of alimony at the rate of $110 per month for the 10 months after his death beginning August 1, 1926 to May, 1927, inclusive, with interest, on an…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Barber v. Barber Ex Rel. CronkhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
  2. Thompson v. WhitmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  3. Sistare v. SistareSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. Wisconsin v. Pelican InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  5. McElmoyle Ex Rel. Bailey v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1839

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Chaney v. ChaneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Ervin EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  3. McClenen v. McClenen, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1939

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