Quackenbush, Shuck v. v. Magee Pub. Co... (Ν. Μ.) 142 ex rel. Austin v. Thomas v. Thompson ...... (W. Va.) 1490 (Utah) 697 AMERICAN ΑΝΝΟΤΑΤED RE ESTATE OF JAMES W. BRADLEY, Deceased. V. EDNA B. TWEEDY, Respt. Wisconsin Supreme Court - January 13, 1925. (185 Wis. 393, 201 N. W. 973.) Descent, § 30 - right of adopted child to inherit from collateral relative of parent. 1. A statute providing that an adopted child should be deemed, for the purpose of inheritance and succession by such child and all other legal consequences and incidents of the natural relation of parent and child, the same to all intents and purposes as if the child had been born in lawful wedlock of the adopting parents, excepting that such child should not be capable of taking property expressly limited to the heirs of the body of such parents, does not make him heir of collateral kindred of the adopting parents. [See note on this question beginning on page 8.] 3. Adoption statutes, as well as matters of procedure leading up to adoption, should be liberally construed 38 A.L.R.--1. |