Tennessee Supreme Court January 11, 1871 (Towls v. Rains)

Sneed, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in this case, is upon the construction of the statutes of descent. The complainants are the aunts, on the paternal side, of Jasper McCracken, who' *356having inherited an estate in lands from bis father, died intestate, unmarried, without issue, and without brothers, sisters, or the descendants of such, and leaving his mother surviving