Legal Opinion
Coonradt v. Sailors
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 1948PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Neil
delivered the opinion of the Conrt.
On August 11, 1941, Miss Annie Coonradt and Mrs. Grace Moffett Coonradt filed a joint petition in the County Court of Giles County seeking the adoption of Lonnie Vester Coonradt, who was the infant daughter of the latter. The court had jurisdiction of the case and the proceedings were entirely in conformity with our adoption statutes.
A decree was entered adopting the child and conferred upon her the right of inheritance from the adopting parent, Miss Annie Coonradt. • She had made her home with Miss Coonradt, who reared her from…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Nugent v. PowellWyoming Supreme Court · 1893
- Magevney v. KarschTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
- State v. TrueTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- Dreyer v. SchrickSupreme Court of Kansas · 1919
- Colbert v. BondTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Couch v. CouchCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1951
- Day v. DayKentucky Supreme Court · 1997
- Wailes v. Curators of Central CollegeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1953
- Stark v. WatsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Quintrall v. GoldsmithSupreme Court of Colorado · 1957
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