Miller v. Shepard

Is an adopted child “issue” of the adopting parent within the meaning of the word “issue” as used in said Sec. 8577 GC., and thus stand in the same position as a natural-born child, and thereby prevent the property of an intestate decedent which came from a deceased spouse from passing one-half to the brothers and sisters of the decedent and one-half to the brothers and sisters of the deceased spouse from whom the property came, under the provisions- of said Sec. 8577 GC. • ■. The court below held in favor of the adopted child, and the case is in this court on appeal by the brothers and…