Lansdell v. Lansdell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Walker. Columbia superior court. September 29, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
The headnotes require no elaboration, except as to the third and fourth. Adoption of-a child so as to give it a right of inheritance from its adopted parent is a matter of statute, and legal adoption is effected in the manner provided in the statute. Civil Code (1910), § 3016 et seq. In some cases reliance is had upon a claim to have specific performance of a contract to adopt, or to have a legacy, or to enforce equitable rights. Alleged parol contracts of the character of that here involved, bv which the property of a man is taken from his estate after his death,- or the inheritance of his…
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