Reiter v. Department of Public Assistance

Pentz, P. J.,

Lawrence W. Reiter and Betty Jane Reiter presented a petition under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act of June 18, 1923, P. L. 840, 12 PS §831, et seq., first, to determine whether, under the will of Roger S. Schnarrs, deceased, a life estate with power to consume was devised to his wife, Sarah R. Schnarrs; and second, whether or not a lien of the Department of Public Assistance of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entered against Sarah R. Schnarrs, a widow, would be a valid lien on real estate left in possession of the life tenant passing under the will of decedent to the…