Woolford v. Woolford

Carey, Judge:

The issue presented is. whether the adoption of a child has the same effect as the birth of a child upon a will previously executed by one of .the adopting parents, where the will makes no mention of the child and was in fact executed several years before the adoption took place. A decision of the point requires an examination of certain statutes, one of which is 3716 Revised Code of Delaware, reading, as follows:

“3716. Sec. 14. After-Born Children; Take As If Upon Intestacy of Parent; when:—A child, born after its parent shall have made a last will and testament, and for which…