In re the Estate of Wolpert

Feely, S.

Decedent and her husband were both injured in the same accident, and taken to a hospital, where he died two weeks before she did. Her son-in-law, without having made known to her that her husband had passed away, ordered the funeral of the husband from the claimant funeral director at a cost of $304. The widow then died without having been informed of those facts.

The intestate husband’s estate consisted only of a W. P. A. check for $26.77, which has been applied on the expense of his burial. The widow’s gross estate amounted to $1,474, of which $717 came from a policy of insurance on…