Cutrer v. Cutrer

The principal question to be decided in this case is whether Jeffrey Hermann Cutrer; the adopted child of John Clark Cutrer, is one of the “children” or “heirs of the body” of John Clark Cutrer within the meaning of those terms as used in three trust instruments.

Stella Cook, the daughter of F. W. Cook, was first married to John Cutrer. In 1932 she married Dr. Andrew Wessels, but this marriage terminated in 1950 and she is now the wife of Dr. Ferdinand Herff. Two children were born to her first marriage: John Clark Cutrer, who was born December 18, 1921, and Stella Cutrer, who is now the wife…