Fries v. Phillips

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Pope County, in a cause wherein a controversy has arisen between appellants and Nora Phillips, appellee, as to the right of appellants to adopt a child, Dolores Sulzer, whose parents, Joseph Sulzer and Myrtle Phillips Sulzer, are both dead; the said Dolores Sulzer being a niece of appellants and a grandchild of Nora Phillips.

The cause originated in the probate court of Pope County, in which county the appellants filed their verified petition, therein stating that Dolores Sulzer was born on March 30, 1928, of Joseph Sulzér and Myrtle Phillips Sulzer;…