In Re Frazier's Estate

The question arising on this appeal, broadly stated, is whether, upon the death of an adopted child, intestate, unmarried and without issue (his adoptive parents having predeceased him), the heirs and next of kin of the adoptive parents inherit his estate.

Jack Rollins Frazier, deceased, was born December 23,1923, the son of an unmarried mother. He was legally adopted in this state in the year 1924 by Charles D. and Edna Frazier. He died intestate on October 16, 1943, while in the service of his country on the U. S. S. Meredith. He was never married and left no children or known blood…