In re the Estate of Sadowski
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
We review a surrogate’s decree which denies the right of election by a surviving husband to an “ intestate share ” in his wife’s estate under section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law (added by Laws of 1929, chap. 229, § 4, as amd. by Laws of 1930, chap. 174, § 1, and Laws of 1931, chap. 562, § 1).
The decedent, Mary Sadowski, and the appellant were married February 2, 1921, and lived together until May 3, 1922, when a separation occurred. Following her death in 1932 ■ without reconciliation with the appellant —• and upon the probate of her *491will dated October 27, 1932, which disinherited him, the…
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