Johnstone v. Taliaferro
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. March 19, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Florence Barclay Johnstone filed a petition to the superior court of Chatham county against C. C. Taliaferro as an individual and as trustee under a deed hereinafter referred to, alleging that Margaret Marshall was a foundling left by some one unknown upon the steps of the residence of Mary M. Marshall; that it was never known who were thé parents of Margaret Marshall, but it was supposed that she was a natural child born out of wedlock; that Mary M. Marshall became so attached to her that she was- adopted as her child and given the name of Marshall; that she was known as Maggie Moonshine,…
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