In Re the Estate of McCombs

Appellant, Helen McCombs Fairchild, opposed distribution of the estate of Helen McCombs, deceased, upon the theory that said appellant was the adopted daiighter of Helen McCombs and a pretermitted heir. The court found that contestant was not the legally adopted daughter of Helen McCombs, and that the omission to provide for Mrs. Fairchild in decedent’s will was intentional. She and her assignee, J. B. Irsfeld, have appealed from the decree distributing the estate in accordance with the provisions of the will of Helen McCombs.

The contestant introduced evidence tending to show that while she…