In re the Estate of Wenkhous

Belehanty, S.

Beceased sustained fatal injuries while employed as a seaman. Under the United States statute (commonly referred to as the Jones Act [U. S. Code, tit. 46, § 688]) his dependents may recover for loss due to his death. Some years ago deceased entered into an alliance with a woman already married and as a result a child was born to the couple. Following the death of deceased, *664the mother of this child applied in Kings county for letters of administration upon the estate of deceased, and in her petition asserted that she was the widow of deceased. Letters were issued to her, and in…