Ewing v. Waddington

Facts material to the determination of this cause may be summarized as follows: About 1899 or 1900, George W. Ewing and Rose Ewing, his wife, adopted defendant-appellant Waddington as their son. About 1908, being approximately seventeen years of age, the boy Waddington departed from and abandoned'the Ewing home and never returned thereto, although he appears to have corresponded from time to time with his adopted mother, Rose Ewing. Shortly prior to 1908, George and Rose Ewing took into their home as a foster child, plaintiff-respondent, Clarence Cassman, then a small boy. This lad was…