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Graham v. Francis

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 5, 1928No. 11,786PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams

The district court awarded to defendants in error the custody of a little girl, born in Colorado on March 21, 1921. A decree of adoption was also entered in their favor. Plaintiff in error, who is the child’s mother, brings the case here for review and asks for a reversal.

The infant was born out of lawful wedlock and it is claimed that she was abandoned by her parents at birth or shortly thereafter. Defendants in error are husband and wife. In response to an advertisement in a Denver newspaper soon after the baby was born, they took her into their home in this state, where she is now, and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Purinton v. JamrockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  2. Nugent v. PowellWyoming Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Wilson v. MitchellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1910
  4. Allison v. BryanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  5. Sullivan v. People ex rel. HeeneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. McMillin v. McMillinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1945
  2. Stjernholm v. MazaheriSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
  3. Moreau v. BuchholzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1951
  4. Skaggs v. GannonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
  5. Dillingham v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1928

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