Edwards v. Beard
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Hendricks Circuit Court; James P. Hughes, Special Judge. Proceeding in the matter of the estate of Elisha D. Beard, deceased. From a judgment distributing the estate, Charles E. Edwards, administrator of the estate of Mabel Smith, deceased, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMahan, J.
Dr. Elisha D. Beard died May 1,1919, his only possible heirs being appellee Lizzie Vaughn, a half-sister, and appellee Louis H. Beard, an illegitimate son whom he had acknowledged as his child. In September, 1918, Dr. Beard executed a will in which he named an executor and directed that all his just debts *480be paid. In item 2 he willed and bequeathed all his property, real and personal, to “Mabel Smith, known as my adopted daughter, Mary Catherine Beard.” While Dr. Beard and Mabel Smith were attempting to cross a railroad in an automobile they were struck by a train and killed. Miss Smith died…
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