Succession of White

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

Stephen White died in this city on November 23, 1892, intestate, without issue and unmarried, and leaving no heir then present or represented in the State.

Three days after his death the public administrator opened his succession and applied for the administration, alleging that the “ succession is vacant and that there is property here requiring administration.”

On the 9th of December, 1892, and within the legal delay, J. P. Blair, Esq., filed an opposition to this application, alleging that Mary White Scahel, a sister of deceased, residing in…