State v. Chavez

BRICE, Justice.

The sole question is whether an illegitimate child of an illegitimate mother may inherit from his maternal illegitimate uncle, who was never married, who had no other blood relative, and whose mother and the mother of the illegitimate child had predeceased him ? A subsidiary question is whether an illegitimate child takes through, as well as from, his mother. The appellee Chavez will be called appellee in this opinion.

The facts need not be stated, as they are not in dispute, and the parties ágree that a determination of this question of law will dispose of the case.

The right of…