South Dakota Supreme Court December 31, 1929, File No. 5810 (Dolan v. Smith)

BROWN, J.

Plaintiffs in this action are sisters, nieces of Nancy Smith, who in her lifetime was the wife of John J. Smith, *283an uncle of defendants. When Agnes was about 12 and Anna about 4 years of age their mother died, leaving in the family her husband, his aged mother, and six small children, all girls.