In re the Application for Letters of Administration upon the Estate of Kirby

Taylor, S.

Lulu Burke Kirby claims to be an adopted daughter of Oscar P. Kirby, the above-named decedent, and in support of that contention presented an agreement or indenture entered into between the Female Guardian Society and Oscar Kirby and wife, dated April 3, 1886. It appears from the testimony that one copy of this agreement or indenture was signed by Mr. and Mrs. Kirby and delivered to the American Female Guardian Society, and the other copy, signed by the officers of the society, delivered to the other parties to the agreement

At the very outset the contention is made that because of…