Henderson Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

These appeals raise the following questions: (1) Is a widow who takes against her husband’s will entitled thereby to share in the proceeds of certain policies of insurance upon his life; and (2) did the Orphans’ Court have jurisdiction to decide the rights of the widow to the policies or the proceeds thereof?

John R. Henderson died on November 9, 1957, leaving a will dated October 28, 1957. Henderson in his will gave his personal effects to his son who was his only child, his residence to his wife, and his residuary estate in trust for his wife for her life and after…