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· 10/23/1893

Peebles's Estate

Citations

  • 157 Pa. 605
  • 27 A. 792
  • 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1459

Syllabus

<p>[Marked to be reported.]</p> <p>Widow's exemption — Election to take under will.</p> <p>A widow has a right to claim the exemption of three hundred dollars out of her husband’s estate, although her husband by his will has directed that the legacy bequeathed to her shall be in lieu of dower and exemption, and the widow has elected to take under the will.</p>

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  • Even uncontradicted testimony of the moving party and his witnesses will not afford a sufficient basis for summary judgment because the credibility of the testimony is for the jury

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Judges: Chibs, Dean, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Stbbbbtt, Sterbett, Thompson, Williams

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