Burtis v. Weiser

COE, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the district court of Angelina County, Texas, by appellant in the nature of a bill of review to set aside a decree of adoption made and entered in the district court of Angelina County on May 19, 1945, wherein Mary Katherine Burtis, a minor child, was adopted by appellees, Kenneth Miles Weiser and wife, Johnnie Weiser, the name of said child was changed to that of Mary Katherine Weiser.

The substance of appellant’s allegations was to the effect that he was the father of the minor child, Mary Katherine Burtis, that she was born to him and his wife,…