Gray v. Gardner
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was a suit arising out of the settlement of the estate of Augusta P. Norton, deceased, intestate, involving the question of inheritance. The appellants, are the natural or Hood heirs of the deceased, her mother, brothers, and sisters, she having died without issue. The appellee is a young child, less than five years old, who is claimed to be heir of the deceased by adoption, she having no claim by kinship.
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This was a suit arising out of the settlement of the estate of Augusta P. Norton, deceased, intestate, involving the question of inheritance. The appellants, are the natural or Hood heirs of the deceased, her mother, brothers, and sisters, she having died without issue. The appellee is a young child, less than five years old, who is claimed to be heir of the deceased by adoption, she having no claim by kinship. The question presented for decision, was whether or not the appellee became by adoption the legal inheritor of the estate of the deceased, which in turn depended upon the validity of…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
In July 1887, Augusta V. Norton petitioned the probate court for leave to adopt a child under the provisions of the R. S., c. 67. The prayer of her petition was granted and a decree to that effect entered of record on the last Tuesday of August of the same year. The petitioner died on the subsequent 8th day of September and on the next day, the parties now before the court, representing themselves as the mother, brothers and sisters of the deceased petitioner, entered an appeal with their reasons therefor. At the hearing at nisi prius the presiding justice dismissed the appeal on the ground,…
2Cited by8 opinions
- Kenning v. ReichelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Harper v. LindseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- In Re Will of EdwardsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1965
- In re the Adoption of MartinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- CummingsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1927
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