Wilcoxen v. Owen

GARDNER, Justice.

Howell L. Peebles, in January 1878, was the owner of certain described lands in Bullock County, Alabama. He died in March 1919, leaving a last will, which has been duly admitted to probate. His widow, Willie W. Peebles, survived. No child was ever born of this union, but in April 1900, he legally adopted a child, then eight years of age, under the name of Howell Peebles Wilcoxen. Peebles at the time of his death had no parents, no grandparents, no brother nor sister, niece nor nephew living. The widow, Willie W. Peebles, died in March 1936, without issue having been born of…