Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court May 7, 1886 (Mathews v. Mathews)

W. Allen, J.

The St. of 1861, c. 164, reenacting, with additional provisions, not material to this case, the Gen. Sts. c. 92, § 24, provided that, when a man died, having disposed of his estate by will, and leaving a widow, the widow might, at any time within six months after the probate of the will, file in the probate office in writing her waiver of the provisions made for her in the will, and