Thomas v. Estate of Thomas

Hastings, C.

The dispute in this case relates to the construction of section 31, chapter 23, Compthed Statutes, 1901. The specific question seems to be whether the acknowledgment in writing, signed in the presence of a competent witness, required of the father of an illegitimate child in order to constitute the latter an heir, is simply a provision for written evidence of paternity, or whether it is a requirement of a written instrument signifying an intention of the father to change the status of the child. Plaintiff’s petition fthed in the county court of Douglas county, in re estate of John…