Brooks Bank & Trust Co. v. Rorabacher

The facts stipulated for the purposes of this reservation are as follows: On December 26th, 1870, James Alldis of Torrington, by an agreement approved by the Court of Probate, adopted John Francis Prentice, a minor, who thereafter went by the name of J. Frank Alldis. The adoption agreement provided “that the said child shall have the same rights as to property and inheritance that he would have if he were his [James Alldis’] own legitimate child.” James Alldis died March 13th, 1910; J. Frank Alldis died February 27th, 1923, leaving two children surviving, Catherine Alldis Carothers and Mary…