Bell v. Elrod
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for specific performance. Before Judge Ilighsnrith. Evans superior court. November 17, 1919. On September 30, 1918, Nettie Wallace (formerly Nettie Elrod), as next friend of her infant child, John Willie Elrod, brought an equitable action against D. O. Bell as administrator of the estate of John W. Bell, deceased.
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Action for specific performance. Before Judge Ilighsnrith. Evans superior court. November 17, 1919. On September 30, 1918, Nettie Wallace (formerly Nettie Elrod), as next friend of her infant child, John Willie Elrod, brought an equitable action against D. O. Bell as administrator of the estate of John W. Bell, deceased. The material allegations of the petition are to the following effect: On October 6, 1915, Nettie Wallace, then unmarried, gave birth to an illegitimate son whose father was John W. Bell, who paid all expenses of her lying in, and thereafter at all times until his death, April…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
The petition fails to allege a statutory adoption of the child under the Civil Code, § 3013, providing how a father may legitimate his illegitimate child, or under § 3016 providing-how one person may adopt another as his child. In Crawford v. Wilson, 139 Ga. 654 (78 S. E. 30, 44 L. R. A. (N. S.) 773), there was no statutory adoption, hut the child when an infant about three months old, being abandoned by its father, was delivered by its mother and grandmother to a third person under an agreement that such third person should have the sole custody and service and company of the child during…
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