Spano v. Commisa

*265The opinion of the court was delivered by

Sohettiho, J.

The question in this case is whether a child acknowledged by his natural father under Italian law is entitled to inherit his father’s estate in New Jersey.

The father, Alberto Spano, died intestate and a resident of Newark, New Jersey, owning property there.

He was born in Italy. During the period of 1907 to 1915 he cohabited with Leonarda Todaro in the town of Calatafimi, Province of Trapani, Italy. No ceremony of marriage was ever performed. On January 25, 1907 a child, Santo Rosetti, was born to them. Alberto supported Santo from the date…