Estate of B.L. Dick

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

The principal question is whether the appellee, by post-nuptial agreement with her husband, released her right, as surviving widow, to take part of his estate under the intestate law. Benton L. Dick died testate, bequeathing his property to his children and grandchildren. He left no real estate. His widow filed a petition for the allowance of her exemption of $500, and also an election to take against the will. The exemption was refused on the ground that she had forfeited her right to it by living separate and apart from her husband (Braum’s Estate, 86 Pa. Superior Ct.…