Betz v. Horr

Appellant’s daughter, now twenty-three years old and whose mother is dead, is suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis and is unable to maintain herself, and is likely to become a pubhc charge. Appellant is employed as a blacksmith and earns between twenty-one dollars and twenty-four dollars weekly. As far as the record discloses, he has no dependents. When the daughter was twelve years old she was adopted by her maternal grandparents. Her grandmother is dead and her grandfather is destitute and incapable of contributing to her support. The sole question presented is: In view of the adoption,…