Lawton's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 208, Jan. T., 1920, by Martha L. Smith et al., from decree of O. C. Chester Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in estate of Jabez B. Lawton, deceased. Exceptions to report of Guy W. Knauer, Esq., auditor. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court, in an opinion by Hause, J., dismissed the exceptions. Martha L. Smith and Amy A. Faddis, children of decedent, appealed. Error assigned was in awarding to the wife her allowance as widow.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This appeal is from the allowance to Alice A. Lawton of statutory interest in the estate of her late husband, Jabez B. Lawton, who died intestate December 30, 1917. The allowance is opposed by several of his children, on the ground that the widow had wilfully and maliciously deserted him. In August, 1902, they agreed, in writing, to live separate and apart, and did so until the husband died. The correct conclusion of the auditor appointed to make distribution was: “It does not appear from a careful consideration of the whole agreement that either had in contemplation the cession of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Singer's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
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- Ratony EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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