Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 1963PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLusk, J.
Harold J. Hughes, petitioner in the court below, is seeking by this proceeding to be declared the son and lawful heir of Mona LaWanda Nelson, deceased.
The petitioner is the illegitimate son of the deceased. He was bom July 16, 1924; was apparently abandoned in infancy by his parents and became an inmate of St. Anges Baby Home in Portland. On May 10, 1927, by decree of the Court of Domestic Belations for Multnomah County, he was declared to be the child of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hughes. He was reared in the home of his adoptive parents and never knew his natural mother. The question is whether the…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Furgeson v. JonesOregon Supreme Court · 1888
- In re the Estate of JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- Sullivan v. People ex rel. HeeneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- In re LivingstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
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