Fisher v. Browning
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appear from the chancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. E. W. Thomas, Chancellor. Bill of Mary Browning and others against J. B. Fisher. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Owen, Special Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 15th day of July, 1901, Church W. Rule and his wife Lula A. Rule, who were then living and having their domicile in Sunflower county, Mississippi, and then being without children, and being in the state of Kentucky, presumably on a visit there, in Kentucky, on said date signed what is called in the record, “articles of adoption.” This was a contract merely, signed jointly by Church "W. Rule and his wife on the one part and the Louisville Baptist Orphans’ Plome, by its president, on the other part, by which Church W. Rule and Ms…
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