Redmon v. . Roberts

Can an illegitimate child maintain an action against the estate of the deceased father, upon a contract made by the father with the mother, to the effect that the father would take the child into his own family and at his death give such child an equal share in his estate with his legitimate children ? -

Certain aspects of the question have been considered by this Court in Thayer v. Thayer, 189 N. C., 502, 127 S. E., 553. It is clearly established in this State that a contract made by the father of an illegitimate child with the mother thereof for support and maintenance of such child, is not…