Fisher v. Robison

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This appeal is from a judgment for defendant in ejectment and turns on the construction of section 16 of the Intestate Act governing devolution from an adopted person.

The defendant, Mary H. Robison, had three children by her first husband, William Robison, also named as a defendant but not served. She was divorced from him January 28, 1901. On April 3, 1901, she married Dr. D. E. Fisher. January 24, 1906, she deserted Dr. Fisher, who obtained a decree of divorce for desertion on that date. On January 21, 1906, 1 before the desertion, Dr. Fisher, by decree of the…