Estate of Sunderland
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moi/nes Circuit Court. This proceeding was commenced by tb'e administrator of John Sunderland, for the purpose of having determined who were his heirs and entitled to inherit his estate. Ella Louise Eoote Sunderland claimed that she was such heir. The Circuit Court held that she was not, and she appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Servers, Ch. J.
This cause was submitted to the Circuit Court and to this court upon an agreed statement of facts. The material portion thereof is as follows: In 1860, Wm, P. Sunderland and his wife and their niece, Ella Louise Eoote, *733were residents of tbe state of Louisiana, and in that year tbe General Assembly of that state passed an act authorizing the said Wm_P. and his wife to adopt the said Ella, and providing that her name should be changed, and that she should be known as Ella Louise Foote Sunderland. The following is the act passed by the General Assembly of said state.
“An act to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ross v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Keegan v. GeraghtyIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
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- Bray v. MilesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1899
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