Leonard v. H. Weston Lumber Co.

Citations

• 107 Miss. 345
• 65 So. 459

Syllabus

<p>Adoption. Proceedings. Decree. Rev. Code 1871, section 525.</p> <p>Where a petitioner proceeding under Revised Code 1871, 'section-525, which provides that the prayer of a petition for adoption may be granted in whole or in part, filed a petition alleging: that the adopting parent intended to make the child his sole heir, but the prayer of the petition did not contain such a provision,. and the order of adoption followed the prayer and provided only that the child be adopted, and that the name be changed, in such case the judgment did not vest in the child the right of heirship in the estate of the adopting parent.</p>