Maasdam v. Estate of Maasdam

Jacob Maasdam, seventy-three, died July 30, 1944, survived by his widow, Anne W., fifty-six; William K. Maasdam, fifty-four, a stepson; Marie E., forty-eight, the claimant; Elizabeth L., forty-six, a daughter; and Fred Dennison Maasdam, forty-three, a son. His first wife, Catherine, the mother of all of said children, died on October 17, 1931. William K. Maasdam was the son of Catherine by her first marriage. The son’s last name was Fuller, which by court action was changed to Maasdam. He was about five years old when his mother married Maasdam.

On June 22, 1936, Jacob Maasdam took Anne W., a…