Dreer Estate

Saylor, J.,

The issue to be determined is whether a person adopted in Pennsylvania may succeed as heir to her adoptive father in distribution of that portion of the estate of his sister, *738a domiciliary of France, as to which there is an intestacy.

Augusta N. Dreer, a long-time resident of France, died there on July 29, 1954, leaving a last will and testament dated June 11, 1945, which, with three codicils thereto, was probated by the Register of Wills of Philadelphia County on August 26, 1954. In proceedings involving inheritance tax liability, this court decided that decedent was domiciled in…