Ragland v. Shrout

REED, Judge.

This appeal is confined to the single question of who is entitled to inherit the real property of Millard Wade, who died an intestate adult resident of this state. Wade was survived by the issue of brothers of the half blood who had predeceased him and was also survived by uncles and aunts of the whole blood. The trial judge declared that under our law of descent and distribution the issue of the brothers of the half blood took the entire estate. The appellants, uncles and aunts of the whole blood, assert that this decision was erroneous. We affirm the judgment for the reasons…