In re the Estate of Sebastian

The claimant herein, Elizabeth Griffith, is the widow of one Phillip Griffith, deceased. Claimant and the said Phillip Griffith, deceased, were married in the town of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, on October 19, 1914, and were never divorced. Both parties resided in the Virgin Islands from the time of said marriage until the death of the said Phillip Griffith on October 29, 1940.

At the time of the marriage between the claimant herein and the said Phillip Griffith, the Danish law of community property was in force and effect in the Virgin Islands which was then a Danish…