Estate of Fyock

Citations

• 135 Pa. 522
• 19 A. 1056
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 1213

Syllabus

<p>(a) A husband and wife were married and domiciled in Pennsylvania. In 1878, the husband having deserted his wife, a decree of divorce a mensa et thoro was granted to the wife, by the court of the domicile in that state. In 1881, a decree of divorce absolute was granted to the husband by a court in Nebraska, the wife still domiciled in Pennsylvania:</p> <p>I. In such case, the husband having returned to Pennsylvania, where he died intestate in 1889, and the court of Nebraska granting the divorce on his application having no jurisdiction, neither decree was effective to take away the right of the wife to receive letters of administration upon the estate of her deceased husband.</p>