Vogest's Estate

Klein, J.,

Decedent died intestate on April 5,1930. She was survived by a husband by a second marriage, and by three grandchildren who were children of a deceased son by the first marriage. At the audit of the administrator’s account the whereabouts of the husband was unknown. One half of the estate was awarded to the grandchildren and the husband’s one half directed to be retained by the administrator for future *170accounting. Subsequently, an escheator was commissioned by the Commonwealth who instituted proceedings to have the missing husband declared a presumed decedent. These proceedings were…