Marshall v. Marshall

Georgia E. Marshall, widow and administratrix, with the will annexed of R. D. Marshall, deceased, filed the bill herein for a construction of his will and a determination of the rights of herself and their adopted child, Katherine Cartwright Marshall, in his estate.

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were childless. In January, 1937, they took this child from the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, under a written agreement to adopt her at the end of a trial period of one year. They kept and cared for her as their own child until February 21, 1938, when they adopted her by decree of the county court of…