Schreckengost's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 121, April T., 1921, by Mary C. Schreckengost, from the decree of O. C. Armstrong Co., Dec. T., 1919; No. 4:7, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in the Estate of P. W. Schreckengost, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before King,, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The case was referred to H. L. Golden, Esq., as auditor, who sustained the right of Mary C. Schreckengost to take against the will.
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Appeal, No. 121, April T., 1921, by Mary C. Schreckengost, from the decree of O. C. Armstrong Co., Dec. T., 1919; No. 4:7, sustaining exceptions to adjudication in the Estate of P. W. Schreckengost, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before King,, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The case was referred to H. L. Golden, Esq., as auditor, who sustained the right of Mary C. Schreckengost to take against the will. On exceptions to the auditor’s report, the court sustained the exceptions, and awarded the fund in the hands of the executor to the devisees under the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
P. W. Schreckengost died seized of the property from the sale of which arose the fund for distribution in the court below. The decedent had executed a will in his lifetime, in which he made no provision at all for his widow, this appellant, but devised and bequeathed his entire real and personal estate to his three grandchildren the appellees here. The widow in due time and manner filed her election to take against the will, and claimed out of the fund the share which the law awards to a widow. The auditor appointed to distribute the fund, recognized the validity of her…
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