BLACK v. WASHAM

No. 74.

421 S.W.2d 647 (1967)

Louis A. BLACK, Appellee, v. Edna Linville WASHAM et al., Appellee, v. Clarence E. BLACKBURN, District Attorney General for Knox County, for and on behalf of the State of Tennessee, as defendant and cross-complainant, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Certiorari Denied December 4, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Conway Garlington, Knoxville, for appellant.

Wayne Parkey, M.W. Egerton, Jr., H.O. Pollard, John A. Thomas, Charles D. Susano, Jr., Joe Guess, Charles A. Maner, Yancey & Butler, R.M. Vertrees, Knoxville, for appellees.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court December 4, 1967.

OPINION

PARROTT, Judge.

In this appeal from the chancery court the principal question to be determined is: Does the property of an adopted child, dying intestate without a surviving wife, child or blood kin, escheat to the State or pass to the collateral heirs of the adoptive parents? From the Chancellor's ruling and decreeing the property to the collateral...

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