In Re Rendell's Estate

Sarah A. Rendell and Maurice Rendell were husband and wife. No children were born to them. On June 23,1920, they adopted a boy four years of age. The order of adoption was regularly made by the probate court. Its legality is not questioned. Subsequently Mrs. Rendell died. She left a will which had been made five years before the adoption. In this will she gave all of her property to her mother for life and the remainder over to her brother and sisters. Probate of the will was refused on the ground that it was revoked by the subsequent adoption of the child. The proponent has brought error.

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