De Laney v. Gary

DE CONCINI, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the trial court denying the petition of plaintiff and granting judgment in favor of the defendant.

The facts as testified to by appellant, plaintiff below, and her uncle are as follows: Katie Gary De Laney (appellant) was born out of wedlock in Dixon County, Tennessee, in 1895. Deceased, Ambrose Gary, hereafter known as deceased, was her natural father. For about ten years after the birth of appellant decedent took *231no notice of her and so far as the records disclose made no claim that he was her father. However, appellant’s…