WOOLFORD v. WOOLFORD


76 A.2d 5 (1950)

WOOLFORD v. WOOLFORD et al.

Orphans' Court of Delaware, Sussex.

October 11, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. McNeilly, of Georgetown, for Reuben Woolford.

James M. Tunnell, Sr. (of Tunnell & Tunnell), of Georgetown, for Ocea Baldwin.

Isaac D. Short, 2d, of Georgetown, for Caleb M. Wright, guardian ad litem.

CAREY, J., sitting.


CAREY, Judge.

The issue presented is whether the adoption of a child has the same effect as the birth of a child upon a will previously executed by one of the adopting parents, where the will makes no mention of the child and was in fact executed several years before the adoption took place. A decision of the point requires an examination of certain statutes, one of which is 3716, Revised Code of Delaware reading as follows...

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