In re the Estate of May

Respondent petitioner has been granted letters of administration upon the estate of the deceased, her mother, over the objections of the appellants, her father, brothers, and a sister, upon a holding that her father was not a lawful surviving husband of deceased in that their intermarriage in the State of Rhode Island on January 21, 1913, while valid under the laws of that jurisdiction may not be recognized when brought into question here. Deceased was appellant father’s half niece. Under our statute they were forbidden to intermarry and penal consequences were provided for its violation.…