Section 48:
Where intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor parent, nor brother, nor sister.
Where the intestate has left neither lineal descendant, nor parent, nor brother, nor sister, his property shall
be divided equally among those of his relatives who are in the nearest degree of kindred to him.
Illustrations
(i) A, the intestate, has left a grandfather, and a grandmother and no other relative standing in the same or
a nearer degree of kindred to him. They, being in the second degree, will be entitled to the property in equal
shares, exclusive of any uncle or aunt of the intestate, uncles and aunts being only in the third degree.
(ii) A, the intestate, has left a great-grandfather, or a great-grandmother, and uncles and aunts, and no other
relative standing in the same or a nearer degree of kindred to him. All of these being in the third degree will take
equal shares.
(iii) A, the intestate, left a great-grandfather, an uncle and a nephew, but no relative standing in a nearer degree
of kindred to him. All of these being in the third degree will take equal shares.
(iv) Ten children of one brother or sister of the intestate, and one child of another brogher or sister of the
intestate, constitute the class of relatives of the nearest degree of kindred to him. They will each take one-eleventh of
the property.