Phillips v. Townsend

This appeal presents a single question : May appellant, an illegitimate son, acknowledged by his father, inherit a share of the estate of the father’s sister who survived the father? It was decided against appellant’s claim in Wilson v. Bass (1919), 70 Ind. App. 116, 118 N. E. 379 (Transfer denied), and Hall v. Fivecoat (1942), 110 Ind. App. 704, 38 N. E. (2d) 905. These decisions are supported by the reasoning in Jackson v. Hocke (1908), 171 Ind. 371, 84 N. E. 880 and Truelove v. Truelove (1909), 172 Ind. 441, 86 N. E. 1018. We are satisfied with the conclusion reached in the two Appellate…