Carey J:

Upon a motion by the plaintiff for revocation of letters of administration granted to the defendants and for a grant in substitution to the plaintiff and the 1st defendant, it was ordered that the matter should proceed as an action in Court.

The plaintiff claims to have seen a secondary wife of the deceased and as such to be now a widow of the deceased and entitled jointly with the other widow, the 1st defendant to administer the deceased's estate.

The whole issue therefore depends on whether or not the plaintiff was a secondary wife of the deceased, for, if she was she has an equal right with the 1st defendant to the grant of letters of administration.

The guiding principles in a question of this nature seem to be well established and have been expounded at great length in several cases in this Court, and, inasmuch as there is no material conflict in such decisions of any relevancy in the present case, it would be mere waste of time were I to do more than refer to them in a summary manner.

It is established that a Chinese man may have as many wives as he may be disposed to. Usually he has a principal wife and may have several secondary wives as well. No preci