Legal Opinion
Dodd v. Reese
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 1940No. 27,354PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFansler, J.
The appellant John J. Dodd is a member of the bar of this court. In June, 1935, he filed in the Delaware Superior Court a petition by Emma L. Postel for the adoption of Ardra Wise, an adult, and the consent of Wise to the adoption, and procured an order of adoption and for the change of Wise’s name to Ardra Wise Postel to be entered by the court. He prepared, and witnessed, and was named as executor in, the will of Mrs. Postel, which was executed on the 3rd day of July, 1935. Mrs. Postel died on August 3, 1935.
On the 3rd day of March, 1937, the appellees Reese, nephews of Mrs. Postel, filed a…
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