Finney's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Northumberland county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 461. Appeal of Spencer L. Finney, executor of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Housel, deceased, from a decree of said court confirming the report of George Hill, Esq., Audit- or, appointed by the said court to distribute the funds in the hands of E. C. Voris, executor of the last will and testament of John M. Housel, deceased, and overruling the exceptions filed to said Auditor’s…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Northumberland county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 461. Appeal of Spencer L. Finney, executor of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Housel, deceased, from a decree of said court confirming the report of George Hill, Esq., Audit- or, appointed by the said court to distribute the funds in the hands of E. C. Voris, executor of the last will and testament of John M. Housel, deceased, and overruling the exceptions filed to said Auditor’s report. The following are the facts as they appeared before the Auditor. John M. Housel, the decedent, died on the 16th day…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clabk
delivered the of the court,
The first question raised on this record is whether or not the executor of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Housel, deceased, is entitled to receive in this distribution the full sum of $300, on her claim for exemption as the widow of John M. Housel, deceased, or $109.24 only, the amount of money on hand at the time the claim of exemption was made.
*16The Act of 14th April, 1851, provides that “the widow or children of any decedent dying within this Commonwealth, may retain either real or personal property, belonging to said estate, to the value of three hundred…
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