John Vanderbilt v. Henry Mitchell, medical superintendent Myra L. J. Vanderbilt and William Godfrey Vanderbilt

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the lower court's decree sustaining a demurrer and held that a court of equity has jurisdiction to cancel a fraudulent birth certificate, require the medical superintendent to endorse the cancellation, and enjoin the use of the certificate or copies, thereby preventing the mother and child from claiming the child as a lawfully‑begotten child of the complainant.