Ladner v. Moran

Appellant, - who was complainant in the trial court, filed a bill to cancel as a cloud upon her title to certain realty a deed from Mrs. Amanda Williams to the defendant. It was alleged that complainant was, as the adopted daughter of Mrs. Williams, who died intestate, her sole heir at law, and entitled to said property. The validity of the adoption proceedings are attacked by defendant, but for reasons hereinafter stated we find no occasion to examine this contention.

The instrument in question was signed and acknowledged by Mrs. Williams in 1931, at a time when she was married and living…