Chap. 0112 An Act amending chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty, relative to the descent of real estate of husband and wife dying intestate and without issue.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The first section of chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty is hereby amended by inserting after the word "deceased," the following words, "remaining after the payment of the debts of the deceased."
Section 2. Section two of said chapter two hundred and eleven is hereby amended by inserting after the words "provided, however," the words "that when the real estate of such deceased person is held in common and undivided, the court may, upon such petition, after notice as in case of other partitions, authorize the commissioners to make partition thereof or of so much as may be necessary to complete such assignment without other or further partition of the common estate, and such assignment shall be binding and conclusive, as in cases of assignment of dower and." Approved March 18, 1881.