In re the Estate of Cunningham

McGrath, C. P. J.

The question has arisen in this estate as to whether, where a decedent leaves less than $200, the money should be applied to his reasonable funeral expenses, or whether the widow can claim the money under the statute which provides an exemption to the value of $200 “against all creditors, and before any distribution or other disposition thereof.” In other words, in such a case, is the decedent to be left to be buried in a pauper’s grave at the expense of the public, or at -the expense of some unsuspecting undertaker, while the widow takes the money by virtue of the statute?…