Peterson v. Bauer

This is a suit in equity to enforce an oral contract obligating John H. Bauer to adopt Sarah Matilda Peterson, and at his death leave her one-half of his estate for becoming a member of his family as his daughter and for performing the duties of that relation. The petition states that plaintiff’s maiden name was Sarah Matilda Nix, that her mother died in October, '1871, and that the contract was made on plaintiff’s behalf by her father, Samuel Nix, in February, 1872, before she was-9 years old, and that thereafter she was never in her father’s custody or control, but in the performance of her…