In Connecticut-I. To the children of the intes tate and their legal representatives. 2. To bro thers and sisters of the intestate, of the whole blood, and their representatives. 3. To the parent or parents of the intestate. 4. To the brothel's and sisters of the half-blood, and their represent atives. 5. To the next of kin in equal degree, kindred of the whole blood to take in preference to kindred of the half-blood, in equal degree, and no representatives to be admitted among collaterals after the reuesentatives of brothers and sisters. 6. Estates wifiich came to the intestate from his parent ancestor, or other kindred, go-(1) to the brothers and sisters of the intestate of the blood of the person or ancestor from whom ench estate came or descended; (2) to the children of such person or ancestor and their representatives; (3) to the btothers and sisters of such person or ances tor and their representativee; (4) if there be none snob, t,uen it is divided as other'real estate. Conn. Comp. Stat. 1854, pp. 500, 501.
In Delaware, when any person, having title or right, legal or equitable, to any lands, tenements, or hereditamente, in fee-simple, dies intestate, each estate descends-1. To the children of the intes tate, and their issue by right of representation. 2. If there be no issue, then to his brothers and sisters of the whole blood, and their issue by right of representation. 3. Estates to which the intes tate has title, by descent or devise, from his parent or ancestor, go, in default of issue, to his brothers and sisters of the blood of such parent ur ances tor, if there be any such. 4. If there be none of these, then to the father. 5. If there be no father, then to the mother. 6. If there be no kindred dbOVe mentioned, then to the next of kin in equal degree, and their issue by representation: pruuided that collateral kindred claiming through a nearer common ancestor shall be preferred to those claim ing through one more remote. Del.11ev.Code,1853, c. 85, p. 276.
In Florida, the rules of descent are the same as in Virginia. Thomp. Dig. Fla. Lbws, pp. 188,189.
In Georgia, real estate descends-1. To the widow and children in equal shares; and to the representatives of the children per stirpea. 2. If there be a widow and no issue, then half to the widow and the other half to the next of kin. Bat if there be issue and no widow, the whole goes to the issue. 3. If there be neither widow nor issue, then to the next of kin in equal degree, and their representatives. But no representation is admitted among collaterals further than the children of nephews and nieces. 4. If the father and mother be alive, and a child dies intestate and without issue, such father, or mother in case the father be dead, comes in on the same footing as a brother or sister would do: provided that if the mother hes married again, she shall take no part of the estate of such child, unless it shall be the last or only child. 5. If there be no issue, but brothers and sisters of the whole and half blood, then those in the pater nal line only inherit equally; but if there be none of these nor their issue, then those of the half blood and their issue in the maternal line inherit. 6. The next of kin are to be investigated by the fallowing rules of consanguinity, namely : ohildren to be nearest; parents, brothers, and sisters to be equal in respect to distribution, and cousins to be next to them. 1 Cobb, New Dig. Ga. Laws, 1851, p. 297 ; Laws, 1859, p. 38, no. 31.
In Illinois, real estate descends-I. To children and their descendants by right of representation. 2. If no ehildren or their descendants nor widow, then to the parents, brothers, and sisters of the de ceased, in equal parts,-allowing to each of the parents, if living, a child's part, er to the survivor of them, if one be dead, a double portion; and if there be no parent, then the whole to the brothers and sisters and their descendants. 3. Where there
is a widow and no children or their descendants, then one-half of estate goes to the widow as her exclusive estate forever. 4. If there be none of the above-mentioned persona, then the estate descends in equal parte to the next of kin in equal degree, computing by the rules of the civil law; and there is no representation among collaterale, except with the descendants of the brothers and misters of the intestate; and there is no distinction between the kindred of the whole and the half blood. 5. When a feme covert dies intestate, leav ing no children or their descendants, then the one half of the real estate of the decedent goes to the husband forever. 2 Ill. Comp. Stat. 1858, p. 1199. To Indiana, real property descende-1. To the children and their descendants equally, if in the same degree; if not, per stirpes. 2. If no descend ants, then half to the father and mother, as 'joint tenants, or to the survivor; and the other half to the brothers and sisters and their issue. 3. If there be no father and mother, the brothers and sisters of the intestate take the whole. If there be no brothers nor sisters descendants of them, it goes to the father and mother as joint tenants ; and if eithler be dead, to the other. 4. If there be none of these, if the inheritance came from the paternal line, then it goes-(1) to the paternal grandfather and grand mother, as joint tenants, or the survivor of them; (2) to the uncles and aunts and their issue; (3) to the next of kin in equal degree among the paternal kindred; (4) if none of these, then to the maternal kindred in the same order. 5. Maternal inherit ances gu to the maternal kindred in the same man ner. 6. Estates not ancestral descend in two equal parte to the paternal and to the maternal kindred, and on failure of either line the other takes the whole. 7. Kindred of the half-blood inherit equally with those of the whole blood, except that ancestral estates go only to those of the blood of the ancestor: provided that on failure of such kin dred, other kindred of the half-blood inherit as if they were of the whole blood. 8. When the estate came to the intestate by gift or by conveyance, in consideration of love and affection, and be dies without issue, it reverts to the donor, if he be still living, saving to the widow or widower her or his rights therein: provided that the husband or wife of the intestate shall have a lien thereon for the value of their lasting improvements. 9. In de fault of heirs, it escheats to the state for the use of the common schools. 10. Tenancies by the curtesy and in dower are abolished, and the widow takes one-third of the estate in fee-simple, free from all demands of creditors: provided that when the estate exceeds in value ten thousand dollars. she takes one-fourth only, and when it exceeds twenty thousand dollars, one-fifth only. 11. When the widow marries again, she ocnnot alienate the es tate; and if (luring such marriage she die, the estate goes to her children by the former marriage, if •any there be. 12. When the estate, real env personal, does not exceed three hundred dollars, the whole goes to the widow. 13. A surviving husband inherits one-third of the real estate of the wife. 14. If a husband die, leaving a widow and only one child, the real estate descends one-half to each. M. When a husband or wile dies, leaving no child, but a hither or mother, er either of them, then three-fourths of the eetnte toes to the widow or widower, and one-fourth to the father and mo ther jointly, or the survivor of them; hut if it dues not exceed one thousand dollars, the whole to the widow or widower. 16. If there be no child or parent, the whole goes to the surviving hus band or wife. 1 Ind. Rev. Stat. 1852, c. 27.