Dixon v. Haslett

On June 21, 1922, William J. Haslett and Mary E. Haslett, his wife, filed a petition in the county court of Kankakee county for the adoption of Caroline Frances Sorenson and Mary Jean Sorenson, grandchildren of the petitioners. On July 6, 1922, William J. Dixon, and Caroline Dixon, husband and wife, also filed a petition in the same court for the adoption of the children. Caroline Dixon is the other grandmother of the children. The county court consolidated the causes and on January 23, 1923, entered an order of adoption of the children by defendants in error. Plaintiffs in error thereupon…