Estate of Mary F. Hughes

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

The question is whether there is evidence that appellant was lawfully married to decedent after his divorce in 1922; the learned court below held there was not.

Decedent died July 6, 1925, and litigation over her estate began at once. A petition for issue devisavit vel non was heard, disposed of, appealed, (Hughes Est., 286 Pa. 466) and, pursuant to that decision, the issue was tried by a court and jury, and again appealed (Hughes v. Freeley, 294 Pa. 391), whereupon the verdict being against the alleged will, letters of administration were granted.

At the adjudication of the…