Jones v. O'Neal

Duckworth, Justice.

The plaintiff’s right to recover is based upon her claim of virtual adoption. The petition alleges that there was a contract between petitioner and Rhoda McCree, by the terms of which Rhoda McCree was obligated to adopt petitioner; but the evidence is silent on this question. In Crawford v. Wilson, 139 Ga. 654, 658 (78 S. E. 30, 44 L. R. A. (N. S.) 773), it was said: “So that it is now well established by authority that an agreement to adopt a child, so as to constitute the child an heir at law on the death of the person adopting, performed on the part of the child, is…