The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-08-21
THE LAWS OF INHERITANCE.

correspondent writes to the Baltimore Ameri-
can to know something about the laws of inheri-
lance and well-known lawyer, at the request of
that paper, gives the following information which
cannot fail to prove of general interest:
"Ifa husband dies intestate and leaves widow
whether he leaves children or not-his widow is
entitled to an estate for life in third of his
real property. e., to the income derived from
one-third of his real estate during her life. This
is called her slower" If the estate is sod as is
frequently the case, the allowance made to
healthy widow in lieu of dover is as follows: If
under forty years of age, not more than ones sew
enth above forty and under forty -fve not more
than two-ffteenths; above forty five and under
fifty one, not more than one-eigth above fifty
one and under fifty six, not more than ninth;
above fifty six, not less than tenth of the'net
proceeds of the sale, out of which she may be dow
able If he dies intestate and leaves a widow, but
no child or descendants, and father or mother,
or brother or sister, or a child of deceased
brother sister, the widow is entitled to one half
of his personal property, and the other half is d.
vided according to the degree of kindred, or those
who survive him, as follows If there be father,
he takes the whole. If no father, but brother or
sister, or child of a deceased brother sister,
they take the whole (the child or children of the
deceased brother or sister standing in the place OF
the deceased parent), if there be mother of in
testate; but if the mother is living, she is entitled
to an equal share with the brothers or sisters Of
ntestate, or their descendants. Their is some
doubt whether the mother would share equally
with the brothers and sisters, the law being con-
hcting, but the better opinion is that she would
share, although the writer is not familiar with any
decision to that effect If there be no father,
mother, brother, sister, descendants, all colat
eral relations in equal degree take, there being
distinction between the whole and the half blood.
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children or descendants, her husband is entitled
to life estate in all her real property. If the
real estate is sold, healthy tenant by the cour-
| tesy is entitled to three times as much rs would
| be allowed to a widow of the same age. If there
are no children the husband is entitled to the de-
ceased wife's personal property absolutely. Sub
ject to the aforesaid estate of husband wife, as
the may be, the real property of the intestate
descends follows: If it descended to the intes-
| tate on the part of the father, then to him.
"Ifthe father is not living, then to the brothers
and sisters the ntestate ofthe blood of the father
and their descendants equally. Their is distinc
ton between brothers and sisters of the whole and
half BLOOD all being descendants of the same father
| when the estate descended the part of the
| father. If none of these living, then to the
| next linea male paternal ancestor, and so on. If
| no paternal ancestor, then to the mother. If no
| mother descendants of mother, then to the ma
ternal ancestors and their descendants in the same
ancestors and their descendants. If the estate de-
scended on the part of the mother, then to the
| mother.
"If no mother, then to the brothers and sisters
of the intestate of the blood of the mother there
being distinction between brothers and sisters
of the whole and half blood, all being descendants
of the same mother, when the estate descended on
the part of the mother, and on, passing to the
next male ancestor on the part of the mother, as
in the manner of paternal ancestors. If no pa
ternal ancestry, then to the father his descen-
dants. If none, to the paternal ancestors and so
on. If the estate did not descend to the intestate
but is vested in him or her by purchase. then it
descends to the brothers and sisters of the whole
blood and their descendants in equal degree equal
ly. If there be no brother sister of the whole
blood or their descendants, then to the brothers
and sisters of the half blood and their descend
ants in equal degree equally. If no brother or
sister of the whole blood or half blood or any de-
scendant, then to the father. II father, to the
mother, and if no mother, to the grandfather
part of father, and so If there be no descend
ants or kindred aforesaid, then the estate goes
to the husband or wife, as the case may be abso-
lutely."