Sheeler v. Burkhart

OPINION

By McClelland, pj.

This is an action filed by the administratrix of the Estate of Harry E. Towns, deceased, to determine his heirs, said decedent having died intestate.

At the hearing the names of all possible heirs and their relationships were disclosed, but counsel for the administratrix is in doubt as to how the statutes of descent and distribution will operate in this case.

The heirs come under paragraph 8 of §10503-4 GC, all being lineal descendants of grandparents.

The nearest surviving relatives of the decedent on the paternal grandparents’ side are two first cousins. There were…