Legal Opinion
In re Ryals
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 21, 1957No. 42698PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWTHORNE, Justice.
This is an appeal from a final decree of adoption granting the petition of Neal B„ *685Ryals and Mrs. Beedie Wells Ryals for the adoption of the minor child James Nathan Wells. The appeal is by Jerry Don Wells, brother of the minor, whose opposition to the adoption was dismissed.
James Nathan Wells, the son of Jesse Wells and Mrs. Ruby Wells, was born on April 21, 1951, a little over four months after the death of his father. He lived with his mother and his brother, Jerry Don Wells, near Rosepine in Vernon Parish. On the night of February 16, 1954, the home in which they were…
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