Winans v. Luppie
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Ou appeal from a decree of the prerogative court. The opinion of the ordinary is reported in Lwppie v. Winans, 10 Stew. Fq. £46.
1Opinion of the Court
*303The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
On January 23d, 1882, David Winans and Frances C., his wife, presented their petition to the orphans court of the county of Essex, praying for the adoption of Mary Luppie, a child then .about ten years old. The child’s father had died in its early infancy, leaving a widow with three children, of whom this was the youngest. Her mother, Mary Luppie, was still living, and did not consent to, but opposed, the petition. Mr. Winans, one of the petitioners, was the child’s legal guardian, having been .appointed by said court January 18th, 1882, and,…
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