Morrison, Administratrix v. Nicks

'Smith, J.

This case is a proceeding brought under the authority of Act 297 of the Acts of 1945, to have declared who are the heirs at law of G. W. Nicks. The following facts were either stipulated to be true, or were shown to be true by the evidence. Nicks died intestate August 25, 1934, and was survived by his wife, who died in 1945, and by four daughters and a son, named Lacie W. who departed this life in Chicago, Illinois, January 12, 1943.

Lacie married Elsie G. Watkins in Chicago on October 24, 1938. Elsie had previously been married to Eugene Watkins, and she married Lacie without…