Anonymous

A. dies leaving a widow and children, and his personal estate is divided amongst them; then one of the children acquires some additional property and dies. That part of his estate which came from the father was divided amongst the mother and children; but as to the acquired part, the mother claimed the whole, as next of kin; and her counsel insisted that the act of 1766, ch. 3, sec. 1 ("And if after the death of the father any of his children shall die intestate in the lifetime of the mother, without wife or children, every brother and sister, and the representative of them, shall have an…