Klapp v. Pulsipher
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Van Burén; Des Voignes, J. Cyrus Klapp and another appealed to the circuit court from a final order of distribution of the estate of Cyrus J. Klapp, deceased, awarding a portion of said estate to Harlan Austin, an adopted child who had prior to the death of Cyrus J. Klapp been legally readopted by Albert E. Pulsipher and wife. Judgment affirming the order of the probate court. Contestants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
When Harlan Austin, of Van Burén county, was 3 years of age, both of his parents died and soon thereafter, in September, 1899, he was adopted by Cyrus J. Klapp and his wife, Esther; the child’s grandparents consenting thereto. When he was 7 years of age his adoptive mother, Mrs. Klapp, died, and he was then adopted by Albert E. and Eva E. Pulsipher; Cyrus J. Klapp consenting. Thereafter Harlan left the Klapp family and lived and was cared for in the home of Pulsipher. In 1908 Cyrus Klapp married the defendant Lottie, and in February, 1915, he died, leaving him surviving Lottie, his widow, his…
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