Estate of Bevilacqua

This is an appeal from an order granting letters of administration to the public administrator and denying the petition of appellant, a first cousin of decedent. The questions raised relate to the inheritance rights of nonresident aliens and are similar to those considered in Estate of Knutzen, ante, p. 573 [191 P.2d 747], this day filed. The pertinent provisions and history of sections 259, 259.1 and 259.2 of the Probate Code are set forth in that ease and need not be repeated here.

At the hearing on the petitions for letters, the only witness was appellant who testified that he was a…