Morgan v. Howard

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Appellant J. Robert Morgan, in his capacity as the administrator of the estate of W L. Sheffield, 1 brings this appeal from the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict finding that appellee Joe Robert Howard is the virtually adopted son of Sheffield. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

1. Virtual adoption is an equitable remedy utilized when the conduct of the parties creates an implied adoption without a court order. See Crawford v. Wilson, 139 Ga. 654, 658 (78 SE 30) (1913). An appeal in which the substantive issue involves the legality or propriety of a trial…