Taber v. Douglass
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Action on the case by the plaintiffs who are husband and wife to recover damages against the defendants, William H. Douglass, Ida Douglass and Emerline Stafford, for enticing one Lettie M. Taber, a minor of the age of fifteen years, to leave the plaintiffs’ home and service. The minor is not the daughter of the plaintiffs by birth but it is alleged that she was legally adopted by them by virtue of a decree of the Probate Court, Kennebec County.
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On report. Action on the case by the plaintiffs who are husband and wife to recover damages against the defendants, William H. Douglass, Ida Douglass and Emerline Stafford, for enticing one Lettie M. Taber, a minor of the age of fifteen years, to leave the plaintiffs’ home and service. The minor is not the daughter of the plaintiffs by birth but it is alleged that she was legally adopted by them by virtue of a decree of the Probate Court, Kennebec County. The defendant, Emerline Stafford, was defaulted, but the other two defendants appeared and pleaded the general issue and denied that the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is, an action by the plaintiffs who are husband and wife to recover damages against the defendants for enticing one Lettie M. Taber a minor of the age of fifteen years to leave the plaintiffs’ home and service. The minor is not the daughter of the plaintiffs by birth, but it is claimed that she was legally adopted by them by virtue of a decree of the Probate Court. Otis Farrer the father, of the minor, died about a year after the alleged adoption. The mother is still living in Gardiner in this state. The defendant Stafford was defaulted. The other defendants plead the general issue and…
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