Legal Opinion
In Re Trust Under Will of Holden
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 23, 1940No. 32,132PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1 Reported in 291 N.W. 104. Appellant appeals from an order denying his claim, as the adopted son of the adopted son of the testatrix, to take as "lawful issue" of her adopted son under her will.
Testatrix had been a widow for many years prior to her death. A daughter, her only child, predeceased her husband. She adopted as her son her gardener and chauffeur, Paul Martin Truszinski, who took her name and thereafter was known as Paul Martin Holden. She made her will November 30, 1925, and died September 2, 1926.
She had three sisters and a large number of nieces, nephews, and other relatives. By…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. WinthropNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- In Re the Accounting of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Sewall v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of CookNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Lee v. DelmontSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
- Toombs v. DanielsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- State v. TennysonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
- Van Dyke v. First National BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- First and American National Bank v. HigginsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
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