Frey v. Nielson

This is a suit to determine whether Edith Nielson, a child of Christian Nielson, adopted under the laws of the State of New York, can inherit land in the State of New Jersey. Two questions are propounded by counsel — first, assuming the regularity of the adoption in New York, can this child inherit? second, if she can, are the proceedings regular under the New York statutes?

First. Can a child adopted in New York inherit land in New Jersey?

It has been suggested that under the so-called full faith and credit clause of the United States constitution (section 1, article 4) the courts of the state…