Legal Opinion
Miller v. Elliott
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 28, 1943PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHagaety, J.
The plaintiff, Mary McMahon Miller, was born Georgina Allen, in the year 1900. At the age of eight, then being an orphan, she was taken into the protective custody of the Catholic Home Bureau for Dependent Children, hereinafter referred to as the Home Bureau. In this action she asserts property rights under an alleged agreement made on her behalf by one Thomas McMahon and his wife, Mary E. McMahon, both now deceased, with the Home Bureau, to adopt her as their child. Mary E. McMahon died in 1923, and a year later Thomas McMahon died. The estates of the McMahons are represented in this action…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Winne v. . WinneNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Middleworth v. . OrdwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Roberts v. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Ansley v. AnsleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Gavin v. AitkenNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
3Cited by10 opinions
- Estate of RadovichCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
- Gursky v. GurskyNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- In re the Adoption of AnonymousAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
- In re the Estate of MazzeoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Smith v. JonesNew York City Family Court · 1964
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