Hopkins v. Gifford

The principal question involved in this case is the validity of the orders of adoption of the appellees by appellant and her deceased husband. The appellee Van Fritzgerald was on petition of appellant and her husband, Cyril G. Hopkins, decreed by the county court of Champaign county to be their adopted child on the 10th of October, 1908. Appellee William Scott Gifford was by decree of the county court of Champaign count)', on a like petition, decreed to be their adopted child on the nth day of July, 1910. Hopkins died leaving a last will and testament, which was admitted to probate in…