Brice v. Seebeck

WILLIAMS, Justice.

The question for our present determination is whether appellant nephew inherited a one-third interest in the estate of his deceased intestate aunt by right of representation of his mother who predeceased her intestate sister on the one hand or a one-fourteenth interest along with each of 13 other nephews and nieces of decedent per capita on the other. We affirm the judgment of the trial court which held the appellant’s right of inheritance was of a per capita nature along with that of his cousins.

The parties to this appeal are the nephews and nieces of Ruth D. Pinkston,…