Rigg's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 192, Oct. T., 1911, by Anna M. Rigg, from decree of O. C. Chester Co., refusing to confirm appraisement for widow’s exemption in estate of E. Emerson Rigg, deceased. Exceptions to appraisement for widow’s exemption. Butler, J., filed the following opinion: When this matter was originally heard, the proof presented convinced us that the appraisers had not arrived at their valuations in the exercise of a fair discretion.
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Appeal, No. 192, Oct. T., 1911, by Anna M. Rigg, from decree of O. C. Chester Co., refusing to confirm appraisement for widow’s exemption in estate of E. Emerson Rigg, deceased. Exceptions to appraisement for widow’s exemption. Butler, J., filed the following opinion: When this matter was originally heard, the proof presented convinced us that the appraisers had not arrived at their valuations in the exercise of a fair discretion. The evidence then produced demonstrated, without room for any difference of opinion, that by no proper consideration of the question could the property set apart to…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Exceptions were filed by creditors of the decedent’s estate to the widow’s appraisement alleging that certain of the chattels were worth sums “largely in excess” and “far in excess” of the value placed upon them by the appraisers. A hearing was had, at which the evidence was taken, and the matter was held under advisement. Before it was disposed of by final order, the widow obtained a rule to show cause why a further hearing should not be *405had. If any formal petition was presented for rehearing, it is not printed in the appellant’s paper-book. But we infer from what is stated in her…
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