Sharpe v. . Carson

' Two questions of law are presented for decision:

1. Are the brothers and sisters and representatives of deceased brothers and sisters of the mother of a deceased illegitimate soldier, the next of kin of such soldier, and thus entitled to the proceeds of the insurance in the hands of the administrator?

Before this Court was ten years old as a separate and independent entity of government, it had occasion to discuss the legal status of a bastard, in the case of Kimborough v. Davis, 16 N. C., 71. Taylor, the first Chief Justice, said: “According to the law of England, bastards are incapable of…