Copelan v. Monfort
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Park. Greene superior court. September 3, 1921. Miss Mildred E. Monfort brought her equitable petition, in two counts, against E. W. Copelan and B. P. Kimbrough as administrators of A. A. Kimbrough, deceased, and in the first count alleged substantially the following: Plaintiff is the daughter of Alexander Monfort and his'wife, Elizabeth Bass Monfort.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Park. Greene superior court. September 3, 1921. Miss Mildred E. Monfort brought her equitable petition, in two counts, against E. W. Copelan and B. P. Kimbrough as administrators of A. A. Kimbrough, deceased, and in the first count alleged substantially the following: Plaintiff is the daughter of Alexander Monfort and his'wife, Elizabeth Bass Monfort. Plaintiff’s father died in July, 1894, and her mother died on December 10, 1913. Plaintiff lived with her father and mother at their home in Greene County from the time of her birth until she was eighteen years…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. The petition in this case was brought in two counts. Demurrers were filed to both.. The first and eighth grounds of the demurrer raised the question as to whether the petition sets out an equitable cause of action. We are of the opinion that both counts set out a good cause of action. In Crawford v. Wilson, 139 Ga. 654 (78 S. E. 30, 44 L. R. A. (N. S.) 773), it was held that “ A parol obligation by a person to adopt the child of another as his own, accompanied by a virtual though not a statutory adoption, and acted upon by all parties concerned for many…
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