State v. Estate of Loomis

MOORE, Justice.

This appeal calls for an interpretation and construction of the last sentence of Section 38(a)(4) of the Texas Probate Code which reads as follows:

“If there be none of the kindred aforesaid, then the inheritance shall be divided into two moieties, one of which shall go to the paternal and the other to the maternal kindred, in the following course: To the grandfather and grandmother in equal portions, but if only one of these be living, then the estate shall be divided into two equal parts, one of which shall go to such survivor, and the other shall go to the descendant or…