Benton v. King

*308Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson — ■

Affirming.

This ex parte proceeding, instituted April 1, 1903, in the Jefferson circuit court, by John Thomas and wife, Addie Thomas (colored), for the adoption of thirteen-year-old Annie Stratton, her father, Samuel Stratton, consenting thereto in writing, and her mother being dead, was carried into judgment by nunc pro time order, entered in 1921. The petition in part reads:

“The petitioners, John Thomas and Addie Thomas, his wife, state that they are husband and wife; that they reside in the city of Louisville, Jefferson county, Kentucky, and…