In Texas, real estate of inheritance descends-1. To children and their descendants. 2. To father and mother in equal portions; but if one be dead, thee one half to the survivor and the other to bro thers and sisters and their descendants; but if there be none of these, then the whole goes to the sur viving father or mother. 3. If there be neither father nor mother, then the whole to the brothers and sisters of the intestate and their descendants. 4. If there be no kindred aforesaid, then the estate descends in two moieties, one to the paternal and the other to the maternal kindred in the following course-(1) to the grandfather and grandmother equally; (2) if only one of these be living, then ens half to each survivor and the other to the de scendants of the other; (3) if there be no such de &andante, then the whole te the surviving grand parent; (4) if there be no such, then to the de seeodants of the grandfather or grandmother, pass ing to the nearest lineal ancestors. 5. There is no distinction between ancestral and acquired estates. 6. If there be a surviving husband or wife, and a child or children and their issue, such survivor takes one: third of the estate for life, with remainder to children or their deseendants. 7. If no issue or descendants, then the surviving husband or wife takes half the land, without remainder over ; need the other half passes according to the preceding rules. 8. Among collaterals, those of the half blood inherit only half as much as those of the whole blood; but if all be of the half-blood, they have whole portions. 9. If all relations are in the same degree, they take per capita; otherwise, per etirpes. Oldham et While, Dig. Tex. Laws, 1859, p. 99.
In Vermont, when any person dies seised of any lands, tenements, or hcreditaments within the state, or any right thereto, or is entitled to any interest therein, the estate descends-1. In equal shares to his children, or their representatiyes. 2. If he leave no issue, his widow is entitled to the whole forever, if the estate does not exceed the sum of one thou sand dollars. If it exceeds this sum, then the widow is entitled to such sum and one-half of the remainder of the estate; and the remainder de scends as the whole would if no widow kind sur vived; and if there be no kindred, the widow is entitled to the whole. 3. If there be no issue nor widow, the father takes the whole. 4. If there be neither of these, it goes to the brothers and sister's equally, end their representatives; and if his mother be living, she takes the same share as a brother or sister. 5. If none of the relatives above named survive, then it descends in equal shares to the next of kin, in equal degree; but ne person is entitled by right of representation. 6. The de grees of kindred are computed according to the rules of the civil law, and the half-bleed inherits equally with the whole bleed. 7. If there he no kindred, it escheats to the town for the use of the schools. Vt. Comp. Stat. 1850, c. 55, and Gcnl. State. 1863, c. 56, 00 1-3.
In Virginia, when a person having title to any real estate of inheritance dies intestate as te such estate, it descends-I. To his children and their descendants. 2. If there be none such, te the father. 3. If no father, to the mother and brother's and sisters and their descendants. 4. If there be none of those, then one-half goes to the paternal, the other to the maternal, kindred, as follows (1) to the grandfather; (2) to the grandmother, uncles and aunts on the same side, and their de. scendants; (3) to the great-grandfathers or great grandfather ; (4) te the great-grandmothers, ur great-grandmother, and the brothers and sisters of the grandfathers and grandmothers, and their de scendants; and su on, passing to the nearest lineal male ancestors, and for want of these, to the near est lineal female ancestors in the eume degree, end their descendants. 5. If there be no paternal
kindred, the whole estate goes to the maternal kindred; and vice versa. 6. If there be neither paternal nor maternal kindred, the whole goes to the husband or wife of the intestate; and if the husband or wife be dead, their kindred take the estate, in the same manner as though they had ,ur vived the intestate, and died. 7. Collaterals of the half-blood inherit only half as much as those ef the whole blood. But if all the collaterals be of the half-blood, the ascending kindred (if any) have double portions. 8. When the estate goes to chil dren, or to the mother, brothers and sisters, or to the grandmothers, uncles and aunts, or to any of his female lineal ancestors, with the Children of his deceased lineal ancestors, male and female, in the same degree, they take per capita ; but if the de grees are unequal, they take per stirpee. Va. Code, 1849, c. 123, p. 522.
In Wieeonein, when any person dies seised of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any right thereto, or entitled to any interest therein, in fee simple or for the life of another, not having law . .
fully devised the same, they descend-1. In equal shares to Children, and' the issue of thy deceased child by right of, representation; and if there be no child, then to his Other lineal, descendants, equally, if they are all in the Same d'egree of kin dred to the intestate; otherwise, accordiog to the right of representation. 2. If there be no issue, then to the widow for her gnu after her de cease to his father; and if there be no issue or Widow, then to his father. 3. 1f there be tie issue nur father, then to the widoW for life, and after her decease in equal shares to his brothers and sisters, and the children of such by right of representa tion: provided that if he leave a mother she takes an equal share with his brothers and sisters. 4. If there be no issue, nor, widow, nor father,, then in equal shares to brothers and sisters, and to the Ahildren of such by of representation : pre. 4ided if he leave a mother also, she takes an equal hare with his brothers and sisters. 5. If there lio no issue, nor widow, nor father, and Of) brother sister, then to his mother, to the exclusion of the issue, if any, of deceased brothers and sisters. . If there be none of these, th2n to the next of kin in equal degree, but those claiming through the nearest ancestor to be preferred to those cleinfing 'through an ancestor more remote: provided, how ever, that if any person die, leaving several children, or le:iviiig one child and the issue of one or more 'other children, and any such surviving child shall dig under age and not having bean married; all estate that came to the deceased child by in critance from such deceased parent descends in shares to the other children of the same pa rent, and to their issue by right of representation. 7. If, at the death of such child tinder age, all the Other children of such deceaSed parent are alSo dead, and. Soy Of them haVe left issue, the estate that came to such ohild by inheritance from such parent descends to all the issue of other children .
:of the same parent equally, if they are in the same egree of kindred to, said child, otherwise accord ing to the right of representation. 8. If the lutes (ate leave a widow, and no kindred, his estate de to Such widoW: 9. If there be no widow tor kindred, the estate escheats to the people of the state for the use of the primary school fund. 10. The degrees of kindred are computed according to the rules of the civil law;, and kindred of the 'alf-blood inherit equally with those of the whole 1 load, oadn, ancestral, the tr ie s l, same which dg e case unless t es who oa re n otof the blood of such ancestor are excluded. Wise. Rev. Stat. 1858, c. 92, p. 554.