Hamilton v. Butler

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

A. J. Hamilton and others, nephews and nieces and grandnephews and grandnieces of T. R. Rhodes, deceased, sued Lela Kate Butler alleging they were the heirs at law of T. R. Rhodes, and as such entitled to recover S3 per cent of his estate. Mrs. Butler’s claim to said property was based upon the following established facts: T. R. Rhodes died intestate in 1963. He left no surviving wife or child. His only child who survived infancy was Forrest E. Rhodes. Forrest E. Rhodes and wife, in 1925, executed, acknowledged and filed for record a written statement adopting Lela Kate…