HAMILTON v. SMITH

3 Div. 739.

86 So.2d 283 (1956)

Drayton N. HAMILTON, as Guardian, v. Irene Williams SMITH, Ex'x.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 22, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drayton N. Hamilton, Montgomery, for appellant.

Jones, Murray & Stewart, Montgomery, for appellee.


MERRILL, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Guardian ad litem from a decree of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, In Equity, denying the ward of appellant the right to share in the estate of her adoptive parent, who had executed a will prior to the adoption.

In 1953, Lillian Stone made a will leaving all her property to her adult daughter, Irene Smith. In 1954 Mrs. Stone adopted Catherine Stone, the minor represented by a guardian ad litem in this proceeding...

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