McLiesh Estate

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

This is an appeal from the final decree of the court below dismissing exceptions to the decree nisi of the auditing judge and affirming his finding that appellant’s testator, James E. McLiesh, 1 forfeited his interest in the estate of his wife, Mary J. McLiesh, by wilfully neglecting or refusing to provide for her for one year or upwards previous to her death.

The children contested their father’s right to an interest in their mother’s estate, basing their attach upon the Intestate Act of June 7,1917, P. L. 429, section 5, 20 PS 41, which provides: “No husband who shall…