Lemay v. Lemay

The adult son admits that a homestepd right inhered in the real estate. His claim is that on the sale of the real estate the widower and minor children were not entitled to $500 out of the proceeds of the sale, but only to have that amount regarded as a fund in which their interests were of present values for the unexpired period of minority as to the minor children and for the life of the widower as to him.

The statute on which the claim rests (P. L., c. 305, s. 6) provides that when a decedent’s real estate with the homestead right included is sold under license, the surviving spouse and…