Joyce v. Joyce

DeNNY, C.J.,

The defendants assign as error the .action of the court below -in signing judgment to the effect that the act of qualifying as executrix under the circumstances involved did not estop the plaintiff from subsequently dissenting from her husband’s will within six months after probate, and that she is entitled to take a share in the estate of her late husband in the same manner .and to. the same extent as -though he had died intestate.

Ordinarily, where a widow offers a will for probate ‘and qualifies as executrix thereunder, .and -enters upon the duties of her office, or knowingly…