Watt Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,
On this appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Butler County two questions are presented: (1) at the time of the death of George R. Watt (decedent) on July 27, 1957, who was his lawful wife?; (2) if it was Veronica Watt, had she, by desertion or estoppel, forfeited her right to any claim against decedent’s estate?
Decedent entered into four ceremonial marriages: (a) with Bessie Lewis from whom, at her suit, he was divorced on December 18, 1928; (b) with Veronica Fisher to whom he was married on June 25, 1929 and from whom he was divorced…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Worrall's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Thewlis's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Miller's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Gongaware's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Lodge's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
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