In re the Estate of Freud

Otto C. Jaeger, S.

In this proceeding for letters of administration the petitioner alleges that he is the sole distributee by virtue of having been adopted by decedent’s only child, Harry Freud. In support of these allegations he has annexed to the petition a copy of the order approving the adoption. In the opinion of the court the order is void on its face.

The adoption proceeding was obviously brought in great haste, during the last few days of Harry Freud’s life, for the purpose of adopting an heir for Sophie Freud, the decedent, who was then an old lady, had been living in a nursing home…