Mann v. Mann

Citations

• 75 Pa. Super. 16
• 1920 Pa. Super. LEXIS 210

Syllabus

<p>Decedents’ estates — Bights of surviving husband — Curtesy — Election to take — Act of April 21,1911, P. L. 79.</p> <p>The husband of a decedent, dying prior to the approval of the Wills Act of 1917, who elects to take his curtesy is entitled to the mesne profits from the date of the death of the decedent.</p> <p>Where no other rights intervene it is not material when the surviving husband files his formal election in strict compliance with the provisions of the Act of April 21, 1911, P. L. 79.</p>