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WAILES v. CURATORS OF CENTRAL COLLEGE

No. 43025.

254 S.W.2d 645 (1953)

WAILES v. CURATORS OF CENTRAL COLLEGE et al. In re FURNISH'S WILL.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

February 9, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. A. Culmer, Fayette, Fuller, Ely & Hibbard, Hannibal, Ezra T. Fuller, Hannibal, of counsel, for appellants.

Robert E. Crist, Shelbina, John W. Goodin, Jefferson City, for respondents.

WESTHUES, Commissioner.

This is an action for declaratory judgment. The principal question presented is whether a person legally adopted under the provisions of Chapter 453, RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., may inherit from the natural parents, or, as in this case, from the natural grandparents.

The suit was filed by the executor of the last will and testament of Nona M. Furnish, deceased. By their joint will, Nona M. Furnish and her husband, James A. Furnish, who had...

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