DELAMOTTE v. STOUT


340 S.W.2d 894 (1960)

Jeanne Cannon DELAMOTTE v. Annie Morton STOUT, Admr'x.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler, Manire & Chandler, Memphis, for appellant.

Apperson, Crump & Duzane and Annie Morton Stout, Memphis, for appellees.


PREWITT, Chief Justice.

The question for decision before this Court is whether a child adopted under the Missouri adoption statute, V.A.M.S. § 453.010 et seq., which creates for the adopted child the same legal status as that of a natural child of the adopting parent with the right to inherit real and personal property from a brother or sister of the adopting parent, is entitled to inherit real and personal property in Tennessee from a deceased sister of the...

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