Connelly's Estate

Citations

• 263 Pa. 54
• 105 A. 890
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 373

Syllabus

<p>Decedents’ estates — Occupation of real estate by widow — Children — Tenants in common — Intestate laws.</p> <p>Under the intestate laws of Pennsylvania a widow is not a tenant in common with the heirs of land of which her husband died seized. If she occupies the real estate, her occupancy of the premises creates no obligation to account to the heirs of the husband for the rental value thereof; and this is especially true where the heirs are minor children of the husband, and live with the widow on the premises, and were educated, fed and maintained by her for several years.</p>