Pool v. Harold

Plaintiffs in error were defendants and defendant in error was plaintiff in the trial court. We shall refer to them as they there appeared or by name.

The matter in issue is whether an adoptive father, who had agreed with the court granting the adoption not to disinherit his adopted child, could nevertheless do so.

The Last Will and Testament of Charles M. Harold, Deceased, plaintiff’s adoptive father, was admitted to probate on May 7, 1960, in Fremont County, Colorado. The adoptive mother of plaintiff had previously secured a divorce from Charles, leaving plaintiff as his sole heir at law by…