Horner v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pottawattamie District Court. — Hon. Thomas Arthur, Judge. Action to specifically enforce an alleged contract of Geo. H. and E. May Crisp to leave plaintiff all tbeir property. From a decree entered as prayed, the defendants appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1. Specific pekFOKMANCE : wills: agreement to make: degree of proof. — I. The plaintiff is the child of Mollie Cine, born out of wedlock, who became a member of the household of Geo. H. and Elizabeth May Crisp early in 1888. She was first cared for by them at the instance of her mother, and afterwards, on April 17th of that year, articles of adoption in due form were signed by the mother and the Crisps. Therein the mother yielded the custody of her child and the Crisps undertook to adopt her as their own in accordance with the statutes of Iowa, and agreed that they would “nurture, support and…
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