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108 OF DISTRIBUTION.
" If there are no children, or legal representatives
" of them, in such case, one moiety
" shall be allotted to the wife, the residue
" equally to the next of kin of the intestate, in
" equal degree, and those who legally represent
" them."
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" There shall be no representation among
" collateral, after brothers and sisters children;
" and if there is no wife, then all shall be distributed
" amonst the children; and if no child,
" then to the next of kin to the intestate, in
" equal degrees, and the representatives."
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" No distribution to be made 'till a year after
" the intestate's death; and every one to whom
" any share shall be allotted, to give bond with
" securities, to refund in case of latent debts,
" and incident charges of administration."
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And by statute 1. Jac. 2. Cap. 17--" if after
" the death of the father, any of the children
" die intestate, without wife, or children living,
" the mother, every brother and sister,
" and their representatives, shall have an equal
" share with her."
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Agreeable to which laws, the residuum of
intestate's
estates is distributed, first to the widow |
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