In re the Estate of Donlay

The order denying appellant’s motion to dismiss the petition for a decree revoking letters of administration issued to appellant as widow of the deceased rests upon the Surrogate’s interpretation of section 9 of the Act of 1815 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Purdon’s Penna. Stat. Annotated, tit. 48, Marriage, § 169; tit 23, Divorce, § 92), the pertinent part of which reads as follows: “ The husband or wife, who shall have been guilty of the crime of adultery, shall not marry the person with whom the said crime was committed during the life of the former wife or husband; * * * From our…