SEARS v. MINCHEW

36093.

94 Ga. App. 126 (1956)

93 S.E.2d 748

SEARS v. MINCHEW, Administrator, et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Smith, Jr., J. D. Blalock, for plaintiff in error.

E. R. Smith, Jr., Ben A. Hodges, Robert B. Sumner, contra.


GARDNER, P. J.

1. "The general tendency of the courts is to give a child regularly adopted under the laws of one state the same right of inheritance under the laws of another as is given in such other to children adopted under its own laws." 1 Am. Jur. 667, § 66. In the administration of an estate in Georgia, the minor child of the deceased will inherit under Georgia law, regardless of the fact that she was, prior...

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