Krepinevich Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

Martin Krepinevich (decedent), a Butler County resident, died intestate as the result of an automobile accident which occurred on October 6, 1962. An auditor was appointed by the Orphans’ Court of Butler County to determine the heirs of the decedent and to recommend the manner of distribution of his estate.

There were two claimants to the estate: (1) TJstina Mitrofanovna Krepinevich (appellant), claiming as widow of the decedent and as his sole heir on the basis that he was survived by “no issue, parent, brother, sister, child of a brother or sister, grandparent,…