Pearson v. Grice

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

RoSt, J.

The only question presenting any difficulty in this case, and the only one in relation to which we differ from Mr. Justice Preston is, whether the *233intervenor, who is the sister of the half blood of' the father of the deceased, is entitled to share her succession equally with the plaintiff, who is a sister of the whole blood of the mother of said deceased. Article 910, C. C., provides, that among the collateral relations, he who is the nearest in degree excludes all the others; and if there are several in the same degree, they partake equally…