In Re Captain's Estate

(dissenting.) By the rule of the majority opinion an adopted child has no right of inheritance from the estate of a deceased adoptive brother or sister, but in the absence of an heir the estate of such a brother or sister es-cheats to the state. Such a construction in this enlightened age, to me, is unthinkable, contrary to the meaning of words used in related statutes, and unjust. By it, if in years to come, in the natural course of events, my child should outlive my other heirs, should my sister’s adopted child do likewise as to her heirs, and should my child predecease my sister’s child,…