Succession of Hilton

GLADNEY, Judge.

The issues on this appeal relate to the question of whether or not Raymond Burl Hilton was legally adopted in 1923 by Burl Oliver Hilton and Myrtle Mae Howard Hilton. After the death of Burl Oliver Hilton February 22, 1955, his succession was opened and Raymond Burl Hilton appeared therein to claim entitlement to the estate as an adopted son and sole heir of the deceased. In opposition to this claim collateral heirs of the deceased interposed an exception of no right of action based on grounds that it was not alleged the purported act of adoption was by written act as required…