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HINES v. FIRST NAT. BANK AND TRUST CO.

No. 60864.

708 P.2d 1078 (1985)

Sheryl HINES, Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, Executor of the Estate of Mary Anna Wullich, John B. Wullich, Cecilia E. Kelley, Thelma Ann Jillson, Hilda R. Lanahan, Stephen Schutten, Jenean Blumhof, Carolyn Sell, and Theresa Winters, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sweeney & Lankford, Norman, by Everett Sweeney, for appellant.

John F. Eberle, Oklahoma City, for appellee First Nat. Bank.

Robert G. Grove and John G. Spires, Oklahoma City, for appellees.

KAUGER, Justice.

The dispositive question presented is whether an adopted grandchild falls within the definition of "issue" in a will which provides:

"In the event that any of my children predecease me that part given to such child shall be given ... to that issue of such deceased child."

The trial court held that the term issue did not include adopted lineal descendants. We find that the Uniform Adoption...

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