Shore v. . Holt

Tbe feme plaintiff alleges that in 1908 she was a ward of tbe Children’s Home Society of North Carolina, Inc., — being only ten years old at that time — and that she was induced to go and live in tbe home of tbe defendant with tbe assurance that she, tbe feme plaintiff, would be adopted as a child of tbe defendant and thereby become entitled to receive, at tbe death of tbe defendant, a child’s share of her estate. Tbe plaintiff, relying upon this promise, changed her name, went into tbe home of tbe defendant and rendered every kind of service required of her by tbe defendant. She alleges that…