Case Name: In re SPENCER'S ESTATE
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-05-13
Citations: 110 N.Y.S. 1146
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re SPENCER’S ESTATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 110
Pages: 1146–1146

Head Matter:
In re SPENCER’S ESTATE.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
May 13, 1908.)
In the matter of the estate -of Albert J. Spencer, deceased.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Order modified, in accordance with memorandum filed with the clerk, and, as so modified, affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements, payable out of the estate. Held, that decedent, notwithstanding the fact that appellant had obtained a judicial decree of separation from him some years before his death, and that he had not since such decree contributed to her support, died "having a family" and "leaving a widow," within the meaning of section 2713 of the Code of Civil Procedure.