Sarazin v. Union Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. John A. Talty, Judge/ In the alleged instrument of .adoption, relied on in this case by plaintiff, there is no acknowledgment at all by the plaintiff, and the only acknowledgment is by N. J. Sarazin, “that he executed the same as his free act and deed.”
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. John A. Talty, Judge/ In the alleged instrument of .adoption, relied on in this case by plaintiff, there is no acknowledgment at all by the plaintiff, and the only acknowledgment is by N. J. Sarazin, “that he executed the same as his free act and deed.” And, as under the statute “the deed (of adoption) shall be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the county of the residence of the persons executing the same, as in the case of conveyance of real estate,” and only takes effect from the time of filing for record, and as the failure or refusal…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This suit was originally brought by the present plaintiff, and her then husband, Norbert J. Sarazin, as the adopted parents of one Susan Y. Chalfant, a female child about nine years of age and unmarried, against the defendant companies for five thousand dollars damages for running over and killing said child, in the city of St. Louis on the 3d day of October, 1894.
After the institution of the suit, to wit, on the 13th day of June, '1895, said Norbert J. Sarazin died, and its prosecution has since been continued by his wife alone. Susan Y. Chalfant was ¡the granddaughter of the original…
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