Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bray v. Miles

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 30, 1899No. 2,767Published

From the Hendricks Circuit Court.

1Dissent

*476Dissenting Opinion.

Wiley, C. J. —

Appellees have petitioned for a rehearing and have based the same upon six grounds, viz.: (1) That the court erred in construing the statute of the State concerning the adoption of children; (2) that the court erred in construing the will of John Miles; (3) that the court erred in holding that the word “children”, as used in the will, meant and included the adopted child (appellant) of the testator’s .daughter, Martha Walker; (4) that the court erred in that it did not, in the construction of the will, give effect to the intention of the testator, but on the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Russell v. RussellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
  2. Jackson v. HooverIndiana Supreme Court · 1866
  3. Cummings v. PlummerIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Wylie v. . LockwoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  5. Douglas v. JamesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1893

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