Burgin v. . Dougherty

This is a proceeding for tbe partition of real estate. Tbe plaintiff alleges, and it is not denied, tbat Spencer Burgin was tbe owner in fee of tbe land in controversy. He died leaving surviving him bis widow, Jane Burgin, who has a dower interest in tbe land, and tbe plaintiff and bis (Spencer’s) daughter, Mary Burgin Dougherty. On 10 June, 1920, Mary Burgin Dougherty and her husband, George Dougherty, tbe appellant, legally adopted tbe defendant Eobert Franklin Coleman as their child and heir at law. Mary Burgin Dougherty died leaving no child of her own, and it is alleged tbat Eobert…