Smith v. McDonald

Bergen, Yice-Ordinart.

Who -are the persons entitled to share in the distribution of the personal estate -of ^Cornelia B. Halsey is the question sub*766mit'ted. She died intestate, unmarried, and left as her next of kin several first cousins, besides whom the descendants of first cousins and the representatives of deceased persons who, if living, would stand in the same degree of kinship as first cousins, claim to share in the distribution of the estate.

The decree of the orphans court confines the right of representation to the descendants of deceased first cousins, and distributes the estate to…