Stanley v. Wacaster, Administrator

Appellant alleged in her complaint filed herein that upon the death of her mother, when she was an infant only three months old, her father, Chandler Keith, entered into a contract with Tom Wacaster, the husband of her mother’s sister, for,the adoption of appellant by Wacaster and his wife. Wacaster and his wife are both dead, and died without issue born to them. Mr. Wacaster survived'his wife, and upon his death this suit was brought to enforce the contract of adoption. The court denied the' relief prayed, upon the ground that the testimony tending to establish the contract did not measure…