Thornton v. Anderson

Candler, Justice.

Mrs. Ruebena Thornton executed her will on December 15, 1938. By it she gave her husband $5, bequeathed the rest of her estate to her mother, Mrs. Allie Anderson, and made no reference to or mention of a child or children. She and her husband, O. B. Thornton Jr., on September 24, 1949, legally adopted a minor child, Mary Rebecca Thornton. Her will made no provision in contemplation of that adopting event. The testatrix died March 8, 1950. Mrs. Allie Anderson, the nominated executrix, first probated the will in common form and then offered it for probate in solemn form, and…