May's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 258, Jan. T., 1906, by Celia May, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., April T., 1905, No. 734, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Simon May, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned were in sustaining exceptions to adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The first question to be determined on this appeal is whether this court has jurisdiction to entertain it. At the audit of the account filed by the executors of the decedent a claim was presented by Charles F. Millett amounting to $2,706.01, with interest. The auditing judge disallowed the claim, but the court in banc, on exceptions filed, reversed the auditing judge and awarded the amount of the claim to the appellee. The *67appellant, a legatee under the will of her deceased husband, is only entitled to receive one-third of his personal estate, which would be less…
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