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COPE v. COPE

No. 1327.

137 U.S. 682 (1891)

COPE v. COPE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 19, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.G. Sutherland for appellant.

Mr. R.N. Baskin for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant, George H. Cope, who is admitted to be the illegitimate child of Thomas Cope, by Margaret Cope, his polygamous wife, claims the right to inherit a share of his father's estate under a Territorial statute of Utah, enacted in 1852, which provided as follows: "Section 25. Illegitimate children and their mothers inherit in like manner...

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