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Section vni. OF THE EETURN. 91. The return is where there being no
residua- ries, the surplus, after the distribution of the shares,
returns to the sharers, and the doctrine of it is as follows: 92.
It takes effect in four cases; first, where there is only one class
of sharers unassociated with those not entitled to claim the
return, as in the instance of two daughters or two sisters; in
which case the surplus must be made into as many shares as there
are sharers, and distributed among them equally. 93. Secondly,
where there are two or more classes of sharers, unassociated with
those not entitled to claim the return, as in the instance of a
mother and two daughters; in which case the surplus must be made
into as many shares as may correspond with the shares of
inheritance to which the parties are entitled, and distributed
accordingly. Thus the mother's share being one-sixth, and the two
daughters' share two-thirds, the surplus must be made into six, of
which the mother will take two and the daughters four. 94. Thirdly,
when there is only one class of sharers, associated with those not
entitled to claim to return, as in the instance of three daughters
and a husband, in which case the whole estate must be divided into
the smallest number of shares of which it is susceptible,
consistently, with giving the person excluded from the return his
share of the inheritance, (which is in this case four,) and the
husband will take one ashis legal share or a fourth, the remaining
three going to the daughters as their legal shares and as the
return; but if it cannot be so distributed without a fraction, as
in the case of a husband and six daughters, (three not being
capable of division among six,) the proportion must be ascertained
between the shares and sharers. Thus 3X2=6, which...
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