Erlanger v. Erlanger

Defendant moves for judgment on the pleadings, consisting of complaint and answer. The complaint alleges the marriage of plaintiff and defendant, the defendant at the time having a wife living, and the birth of two children, now respectively seven and five years of age, as a result of the bigamous marriage. It is further alleged that defendant agreed to adopt the children “so as to effectuate his desire of his aforesaid children becoming his legal and lawful heirs.” The action is brought for specific performance of the alleged agreement to adopt. The answer denies material allegations of the…