McCamey v. Cummings

The controversy in this case rests on chapter 34, Acts, of 1885, which reads as follows:

“An act to provide for the descent of the estates of' illegitimate persons who die intestate, leaving no relatives entitled to such estates under existing laws and to amend section 2423 of T. & S. Code.

“Section 1. Be it enacted hv the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that the estates, both real and personal, of illegitimate persons dying intestate in this State leaving no relatives entitled by existing laws-to his or her estate, shall go to such persons as would, had the intestate been…