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IN RE DRUMHELLER'S ESTATE

No. 50353.

110 N.W.2d 833 (1961)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Charles H. DRUMHELLER, Deceased. Elizabeth Josephine TERRY, Appellant, v. Mary L. METTE, Administratrix, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 19, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Seddon, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Mitchell & Beving, Des Moines, for appellant.

Kennedy & Clark, Estherville, for appellee.

THORNTON, Justice.

The decisive question in this case is one of judical notice. The trial court took judicial notice of Indiana statute and common law. The court held as a finding of fact and conclusion of law under Indiana statute law in effect at the time and decisions of the highest appellate court of Indiana construing the statutory law appellant could not inherit from a collateral relative of her adoptive parent, and based on The Estate of Sunderland, 60 Iowa...

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