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IN RE ADOPTION OF GILLIS

543 S.W.2d 846 (1976)

In re ADOPTION OF Andrew James GILLIS et al., Appellants, v. Estelle Lewis EGGELSTON, Administratrix of the Estate of Georgia Alma West Gillis, Deceased, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.L. Pressgrove, Jr., Southhaven, Miss., for appellants.

David Ballon, Memphis, for appellees.

OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court of Shelby County dismissing the petition filed by Andrew Gillis, Jr., to have a final decree of adoption entered nunc pro tunc in the action filed by Cornelius Gillis and wife, Georgia Gillis.

At stake is the estate of Georgia Gillis (West), who died intestate. If the decree is entered nunc pro tunc, Andrew James Gillis, Jr., inherits as the adopted son of Mrs. Gillis...

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