Davies v. Murbach

Citations

• 17 Pa. Super. 207
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 282

Syllabus

<p>Decedent's estate — Widow's exemption — Laches.</p> <p>Where a widow makes demand on the executor of her husband for her exemption, but does not follow up her claim when the entire estate is in court, but claims the entire estate, and the court awards her part of the estate by a decree in which she acquiesces, the decree is a final adjudication of the estate, and is a bar to an action of trespass by the widow against the executor for a refusal to set aside the exemption.</p>