Commonwealth v. Pitcairn

Citations

• 204 Pa. 514
• 54 A. 328
• 1903 Pa. LEXIS 841

Syllabus

<p>Lunacy—Traverse—Right of wife to traverse—Act of May 8,1874, P. L. 122.</p> <p>A wife, the validity of whose marriage is affected by an inquisition in lunacy, is a person aggrieved within the meaning of the Act of May 8,1874, P. L. 122, and has a standing to traverse the finding. Generally the right to traverse extends to persons related to the alleged lunatic by blood or marriage and to strangers interested in his estate.</p> <p>In the trial of such a traverse the question of the validity of the marriage cannot be submitted to the jury.</p>