Link's Estate (No. 1)

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

John H. Link was born in 1857 in Allegheny County. He died August 26, 1930, aged 73 years, unmarried, intestate, and leaving no issue. -Four claimants to his estate, residing in Germany, aver they are first cousins of decedent through his father. They are known as “Link claimants.” Two others living in the same country claim as first cousins through decedent’s mother, Elisabetha Hoffman Link. They are known as “Hoffman claimants.” There is no controversy between these cousins. There is a controversy between these six cousins and other claimants, especially those…