In re the Estate of Heyn

Elvira V. Henderson has filed a petition in which she seeks a declaration that she is the child of Cornelius B. Pentheny, deceased, and that as his descendant she is entitled to take an intestate share of the estate of his mother, Inger Heyn, who died after the death of Cornelius and whose will made no provision for Cornelius or *356his descendants. The petitioner alleges that she is an illegitimate child of Cornelius and as such is entitled to the benefit of Title II, chapter 10, section 7, of the Code of Laws of the Municipality of St. Croix (1921 Code, 15 V.I.C., note prec. § 1), by virtue of…