NESS, Justice.
This is a declaratory judgment action, the sole issue being whether an adopted child may inherit under a will.
Appellant's mother (and respondent's natural grandmother), by will dated July 18, 1962, left one-half of her residuary estate, in trust for her grandson, Horace Eugene Dismukes, Jr. In 1969, the child was adopted by his mother's second husband, and his name was thereby...
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