Melot's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 241, Jan. T., 1910, by Samuel B. Melot, from decree of O. C. Berks Co., April T., 1910, No. 11, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in Estate of Esther K. Melot, deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Bland, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned were in dismissing exceptions to adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The single question raised by the seven assignments of error in this appeal, is whether appellant, who was the husband of Esther K. Melot, was bound by the terms of his wife’s will. Esther K. Melot died April 5, 1909, leaving to survive her a husband and five daughters, four of them children of a former marriage, and one the child of her marriage with appellant. She left a will which was duly admitted to probate, whereby she gave her husband a smaller interest in her estate than he would receive by taking against the will. She named as executors her husband and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cox v. RogersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
- Zimmerman v. LeboSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Bradfords v. KentsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
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