Jackson's Administrators v. Moore

William D. Jackson, having an illegitimate child named Virilla, afterwards married the mother, recognized Virilla as his daughter; and had, by the same moYWqa postnuptial son named Columbus, and then died, his wife and two children surviving.

After the subsequent death of Columbus and his mother, Samuel D. Jackson — an unmarried and childless 'brother of Virilla’s father — also died, leaving a mother and seven brothers and sisters, and his said niece, Vigilia, the only claimants of his undevised estate.

Upon a bill filed by Virilla and her husband, for the distributive portion claimed by her in…