Guidry v. Denkins

PEDEN, Justice.

Suit to determine heirship of L. D. Gui-dry, who died intestate on May 31, 1965. The appellants are a brother of L. D. Guidry and the wife of a brother who died after L. D. did. The appellee is the illegitimate daughter of L. D. Guidry. The separate suits filed by the opposing parties were consolidated in the Probate Court, and after trial there and appeal to the District Court, the appellants now appeal from a judgment of that court, after a non-jury trial de novo, that the appellee Mrs. Betty Joyce Denkins is the sole heir of L. D. Guidry by virtue of adoptiQn by estoppel.

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