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KELKER, ET AL. v. JORDAN

No. 40239.

228 Miss. 847 (1956)

89 So.2d 858

KELKER, et al. v. JORDAN

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 15, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Gee, R. Jess Brown, Vicksburg, for appellants.

Joe G. Moss, Raymond, for appellee.

McGEHEE, C.J.

The contestants, Daisy Lee Yates Kelker and Charles Henry Yates, are the legally adopted children of Annie Yates and Henry H. Yates, both deceased, under a decree of adoption which conferred the right of inheritance of the estate of such adoptive parents. The contestee, Sweetie Jordan, is a sister of Annie Yates, deceased, and the sole named beneficiary under last...

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