In re Estate of North

Augustus W. North died October 31st, 1878, intestate, leaving a widow and four children, William S. & Frederick A., children by his first wife, both of age, and James S. and Anna S., children by his second wife. Anna S., a child about two years old, died April 14th, 1879, no legal disposition having been made of the estate. The question relates to the distribution of Anna S. North’s portion of the personal property of her father’s estate.

There are two sections of the statute which are claimed to apply to the case. The first is Gen. Statutes, p. 373, sec. 7, and is as follows :—

“ If any minor…