Burdick v. Grimshaw

In 1891, complainant's mother, the widow of Charles H. Burdick, his father, met and married Joseph Senger, who, on January 26th, 1930, died intestate, without issue and leaving him surviving, besides complainant, two nephews, both of whom are parties defendant herein; his wife having predeceased him in 1917.

The bill of complaint substantially alleges that Joseph Senger, by agreeing to adopt complainant, take him into his home and look after him as a father, induced complainant's mother to marry him and to provide the money necessary to furnish their home and stock their proposed grocery…