PREWITT, Justice.
The bill was filed by Helen Bateman Hayes for a construction of the will of Judge T.P. Bateman, and especially item seven and twenty-one of his will.
The complainant, Helen Bateman Hayes, is an adopted daughter of W.D. Bateman, and claims that she is entitled to the property bequeathed and devised to her adoptive father under said will. The Chancellor held that the will did not intend to include an adopted child, or children, and dismissed...
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