Cavazza Estate

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

Residuary legatees severally appeal from a decree of the orphans’ court which allowed a claim to the former wife of the decedent under an antenuptial agreement. Claimant, Louisa Comis, and decedent were married two days after the written contract, and seven years later he procured a divorce from her on the grounds of indignities, which on- appeal was affirmed: Cavazza v. Cavazza, 102 Pa. Superior Ct. 312, 156 A. 629.

The antenuptial agreement was under seal and entirely silent concerning the rights of either party , in the event of a divorce. The preamble recited the…