Boaz v. Swinney

*333The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

This is a suit for partition. The only controversy arises over the interest of defendant in error Irene Boaz Swinney, who claims to be an heir by adoption. The suit was commenced in the district court of Jewell county, where she was held to have an interest in the land, and the defendants bring the case here for review.

Irene Boaz Swinney was adopted as the child of Asa Boaz and his wife, Mary G. Boaz, under the law of the state of Illinois. The éffeet of such adoption, as stated in the law of that state, so far as necessary to be considered…