In re Nelson

*810OPINION OE THE COURT BY

PERRY, J.

This case comes to this court by writ of error directed to the court of land registration to review its decree denying the petition of Daisy Cartwright Nelson for registration of certain land situate in this city.

The petitioner was born February 21, 1879, and was the *811daughter of Alexander J. Cartwright, Jr. On June 26, 1880, when she was less than one and one-half years old, she was adopted by Alexander J. Cartwright, Sr., her grandfather, as his own daughter, by written instrument in which the adopting parent did adopt her “as my” (his) “own child” and did…