Estate of Sauer v. Goetsch

The sole question to be determined is whether in this state a child by virtue of his adoption loses his right to inherit from his natural parent.

*290The facts are simple and not in dispute. Amanda Goetsch is the child of Otto Sauer and Martha Sauer, bora in lawful wedlock on May 29, 1891. On January 17, 1900, as a result of proceedings had in the county court of Milwaukee county, she was duly adopted by one Franz Stutzke, a widower, who thereafter died on January 27, 1903. Otto Sauer, Amanda’s natural father, died on October 7, 1909. Martha Sauer, Amanda’s mother, died intestate on May 19, 1933,…