Miller's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 96, April T., 1907, by William Miller, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., May T.,' 1906, No. 182, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Henry Miller, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication awarding a portion of the estate of Henry Miller to Catherine T. Miller. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Errors assigned were in dismissing exceptions to adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
If Henry Miller and Catharine Chambers were legally married and if the fact of a legal marriage was established by competent evidence, none of the seventeen assignments of error which confront us in this case can be sustained.
That the marriage of the decedent with the appellee, who claims to be his widow, actually took place can, under the testimon}', scarcely be doubted. The auditing judge distinctly found that ás a fact, based upon competent testimony. The widow herself so testified. A marriage license procured by her was exhibited. There was also a certificate of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re Estate of ComlySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Wm. Drinkhouse's Est.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Estate of LuceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
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