Lennen v. Ogden

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to recover a child’s portion of real estate which would have descended to the plaintiff as an heir of Geraldine Ogden, deceased, had an agreement to adopt the plaintiff been performed. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendants, claimants of the property as surviving husband and son of Geraldine Ogden, appeal.

The cause was tried before the court without a jury. The testimony of numerous witnesses was received and a number of documents were introduced in evidence. The law of the state of Illinois, where the contract was…