Bennett v. Cain

Vernelle B. Bennett (hereafter referred to as plaintiff) was adopted for life by Minnie Cain Beard and husband by decree of the Superior Court of Cumberland County on 13 February 1923. Mrs. Beard died 22 July 1955. She had no natural descendants. Plaintiff was her only adopted child.

Geddie F. Cain, a brother of Mrs. Beard, died intestate in Bladen County in June 1956. O. L. Cain, a brother of Geddie F. Cain, is administrator of his estate. The remaining defendants are a brother and nephews and nieces of Geddie F. Cain.

Plaintiff asserts that as the adopted child of Minnie Cain Beard, deceased,…