Barron v. Zimmerman

TJuNER, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

Tbe principal inquiry upon tbis appeal is whether, under the laws of tbis State, an illigitimate child is capable of inheriting from bis deceased mother’s sister. Tbis question arises in a proceeding for tbe sale of real estate for tbe purposes of partition under- section 129 of Article 16 of tbe Code. Tbe property was owned by Elizabeth R. Bitner in her lifetime; and after her death, intestate and without issue, tbe appellant filed tbe present bill alleging that be is one of her heirs at law, as tbe son of her deceased sister, Mary Zimmerman, and…