COLEMAN v. SHANG    

Administration of estates—Grant of letters of administration—Issue of Ordinance marriage—Widow of marriage according to customary law—Conditions precedent to application of English Statute of Distribution to personal estates of intestates—Meaning of "wife" and "widow"—Marriage Ordinance, Cap. 127 (1951 Rev.) s.48 (1); Courts Ordinance Cap. 4 (1951 Rev.), s.83; Interpretation Ordinance, Cap. 1 (1951 Rev.) s.3(31) and (45)—Statute of Distribution, 1670 (22 & 23 Cha. 2, c.5) s.5-Statute of 21 Hen. 8 (1529) c.5. s.2.

Husband and wife—Marriage under the Ordinance—Death of first wife—Second marriage according to customary law—Status.

Appeals to Privy Council—Statement in judgment that facts not in dispute—Whether challengeable.