GEHL, J.
Appellant contends that certain statutes are controlling and require that we hold that the two adopted children take under the terms of the will. The power of the legislature to confer upon an adopted child the right to inherit from its adoptive parent cannot be questioned. But in this case the children are not claiming as heirs of their adoptive mother or as her representatives under the inheritance laws. They are claiming as legatees under the will and...
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