Legal Opinion
Dulfon v. Keasbey
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided August 5, 1932PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Robert A. Keasbey, a resident of Essex county, died June 22d 1927. His will bears date October 15th, 1923. His widow and two of his sons, Aertsen and R. Quinton Keasbey, are living. His son, Keith W. Keasbey, resident of California, died June 4th, 1931, leaving a wife, who was living with him at his death, and an adopted child, Roy Waldemar Keasbey, infant, adopted under the laws of California, September 10th, 1924, approximately nine months after the execution of the will. The testator knew of the adoption.
The question is: Does the adopted child take under the will?
The legal status of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of LeaskNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Mooney v. TollesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Farnum v. Pennsylvania Co. for Insurance on Lives & Granting AnnuitiesNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1916
- Ansonia National Bank v. KunkelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- In re the Offering for the Probate of a Certain Paper-Writing Alleged to be the Last Will & Testament of BookSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1919
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3Cited by23 opinions
- In Re Trust Under Will of HoldenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
- St. Louis Union Trust Company v. GreenoughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- Gardner v. HallNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. HallNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1939
- In Re Estate of GriswoldNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976
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