O'NEAL v. Wilkes

263 Ga. 850 (1994)

439 S.E.2d 490

O'NEAL

v.

WILKES.

S93A1621.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 7, 1994.

Reconsideration Denied February 25, 1994.

Charles W. Bell, for appellant.

Richard D. Phillips, for appellee.

FLETCHER, Justice.

In this virtual adoption action, a jury found that appellant Hattie O'Neal had been virtually adopted by the decedent, Roswell Cook. On post-trial motions, the court granted a judgment notwithstanding the verdict to appellee Firmon Wilkes, as administrator of Cook's estate, on the ground that the paternal aunt who allegedly entered into the adoption contract with…