Kay v. Niehaus

Action to specifically enforce an alleged agreement to adopt plaintiff as a child of Frank H. Niehaus, Sr., and his then wife. The agreement to adopt is alleged to have occurred in 1883. Plaintiff then was some thirteen years of age, and she remained with the Niehaus family until she reached the age of eighteen years, at which time she left that family and later married one F. W. Kay. The petition also asks for the partition of certain real estate, owned by Frank H. Niehaus, Sr., at the time of his death, alleging that there was sufficient personal estate to fully discharge all debts. The…