Girard v. Girard

(after stating the facts as above).

The conclusion which we have reached renders it necessary to consider but one question in the case, although others are discussed by counsel in their briefs. It is provided by statute that the entire estate of a married man who dies intestate, with a surviving wife and without issue, descends to and becomes the property of the wife. If he leaves no wife, it becomes the property of his parents, and if only one parent is living, the portion which would have gone to the deceased parent vests in the surviving parent.

“If the intestate leaves no issue, the whole…