HAWKINS v. HAWKINS

No. 4-9380.

236 S.W.2d 733 (1951)

HAWKINS et al. v. HAWKINS.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 26, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Coffelt, Little Rock, for appellants.

Quinn Glover and Carl Langston, Little Rock, for appellee.


WARD, Justice.

This case involves a question of first impression in this state and calls for a decision of whether an adopted child, having been later adopted, can inherit from its first adoptive parents. The matters leading to a presentation of this question are as follows.

Jacob B. Hawkins died on the 22nd day of April, 1950 leaving a will bequeathing to Clyde Eugene Brown one dollar and all the remainder of his...

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