IN RE ESTATE OF KLINGAMAN

No. 25, 1956.

128 A.2d 311 (1957)

Matter of the ESTATE of James Russell KLINGAMAN, Deceased. Ida M. MUMMEY, Administratrix of the Estate of James Russell Klingaman, Deceased, Appellant, v. Foster E. KLINGAMAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

January 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Coulson, Wilmington, for appellant.

Clement C. Wood, Allmond & Wood, Wilmington, for appellee.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, JJ., sitting.


SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

James Russell Klingaman died in 1952 intestate, unmarried and without issue. He left to survive him a half-sister, an illegitimate child. The common mother had predeceased him. The nearest other kindred are cousins. The sister was appointed administratrix of his estate, which consisted solely of personalty.

The question before us is whether the sister is capable of inheriting her half-brother...

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