McIntyre v. Hardesty

By this action plaintiff sought to be decreed the adopted son of Bert L. McIntyre, and as such the great-grandson and an heir of Tabitha T. Cunningham, deceased, and entitled to share in her estate. (Mrs. Cunningham is called interchangeably in the record Tobitha and Tabitha.) The circuit court denied the relief prayed and plaintiff has appealed.

Mrs. Cunningham died testate in 1933, at an advanced age. She had given birth to five children, four daughters and a son. The son disappeared many years ago and has not since been heard of. Two of the daughters predeceased their mother, leaving…