Chatham v. Mills
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. John J. Jury, for Miranda E. Mills, as Administratrix, Appellant; and John J. Jury, and John E. Richards, for Miranda E. Mills, as heir-at-law, Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
This case comes here on appeal from a judgment in favor of respondents Chatham and Gardiner and against appellants. The judgment-roll is accompanied by a bill of exceptions containing the evidence and rulings of the court. The action was commenced under section 1664 of the Code of Civil Procedure, by respondents Robert Schofield Chatham and Maria Elizabeth Chatham Gardiner, who claimed, and now claim, to be illegitimate children of Robert Mills, deceased, adopted as such under and in the manner provided in section 230 of the Civil Code.
The facts may be briefly stated as follows:…
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