Darrow Estate

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

This is an appeal from the final decree of the Orphans’ Court of Erie County dismissing exceptions to an adjudication and decree wherein the court sustained the last will and testament of decedent and awarded the balance of decedent’s estate to Mabel Darrow, former wife of decedent, who had obtained a divorce from him.

The question presented is whether a will wherein a husband bequeaths all of his property to his wife was revoked by a subsequent divorce obtained by the wife and a prior agreement for a division of their property.

The holographic will of Élton Darrow [also…