Legal Opinion
Mayfield v. BRAUND, ET UX.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 11, 1953No. 38741PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcGrEHEE, C. J.
This is an adoption proceeding which originated in the Chancery Court of Marshall County, Mississippi, wherein the petitioners, Dr. R. R. Braund and wife of Memphis, Tennessee, are seeking to adopt as their children, with full right of inheritance, the three minor children of the appellant, James A. Mayfield, Jr., and of his former wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Biffle Mayfield, now deceased; and to change their names to Braund.
At the time of the filing of the petition on August 30, 1951, the three children, Bonnie Sue Mayfield, who was born on January 31, 1943, James Allison Mayfield, III, who was…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- New Jersey Steam Navigation Company v. MERCHANTS'BANK.Supreme Court of the United States · 1848
- Hibbette v. BainesMississippi Supreme Court · 1900
- Eggleston v. Landrum, Et Ux.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1951
- Wright v. FitzgibbonsMississippi Supreme Court · 1945
- Stegall v. StegallMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Ainsworth v. Natural FatherMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
- Matter of Adoption of a MinorMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- N.E. v. L. H.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2000
- Matter of YarberMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
- In Re Adoption of a Female ChildMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
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