Brownfield v. Cookby

*659Opinion by

Judge Cofer :

The intestate, W. H. Cookby, was an infant when he died. The land owned by him was derived by descent from his father, and under Sec. 9, Chap. 31, Gen. Stat., descended to his uncles as his heirs at law. They are, it is true, more remote kindred than his grandfather, but the provision of the statute is that the kindred of one parent shall not be excluded by the kindred of the other, if the latter is more remote than the grandfather; grandmother, uncles and aunts; that is, if more'remote than grandparents and uncles and aunts. These appellees are uncles, and are…