Supreme Court of Pennsylvania May 21, 1863 (Nottes's Appeal)

The opinion of the court was delivered,

by

Woodward, J.

The 5th section of the Act of 14th April 1851, after giving to the widow or children of any decedent the right to retain out of the real or personal estate, three hundred dollars’ worth of property, concludes with a proviso, that this section shall not affect or impair any liens for the purchase-money of such real estate.