Mercer's Estate
Mercer's Estate, 83 A. 707 (Pa. 1912)
Syllabus
Decedents estates — Widow’s $5,000 preference — Act of April 1, 1909, P. L. 87 — Constitutional law.
The Act of April 1, 1909, P. L. 87, applies to the estate of a testate whose widow has elected to take against the will. The act is constitutional.
Summary
Appeal, No. 276, Jan. T., 1911, by Farmers & Mechanics Trust Company, Committee of Theodore Mercer, from decree of Q. C. Chester Co., dismissing exceptions to widow’s preference in Estate of J. Edge Mercer.
Exception to widow’s preference. Before Hemp-hill, P. J.
Error assigned was in dismissing exception to widow’s preference.
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Opinion by Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The question raised on this record involves the interpretation of the act of April 1, 1909, P. L. 87, and is determined by the decision in the estate of Joseph Guenthoer, Deceased, 235 Pa. 67 . For the reasons stated in the opinion filed herewith in that estate, the decree of the court below is affirmed.
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