Roberts v. Roberts

The respondent, Martha Roberts, was adopted on March 16, 1898, by John D. Thomas and wife. She was the daughter of Henry R. Roberts, now deceased, and his wife. Her mother died prior to the adoption. After the adoption Roberts married Elizabeth A. Davis. To this marriage two children were born. Roberts died intestate on May 1,1921. On appeal from the probate court the district court held that Martha Roberts was entitled to participate in the estate of her father as an heir. Mrs. Roberts and her children, the only other heirs, appeal from the order denying their motion for a new trial.

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