Delamotte v. Stout

The question for decision before this Court is whether a child adopted under the Missouri adoption statute, Y.A. M.S. sec. 453.010 et seq., which creates for the adopted child the same legal status as that of a natural child of the adopting parent with the right to inherit real and personal property from a brother or sister of the adopting parent, is entitled to inherit real and personal prop erty in Tennessee from a deceased sister of the adopting parent.

The adopted child of a deceased brother of the deceased, Katie C. Reid, filed this bill seeking to recover the entire estate to the…