Legal Opinion
In Re Osborne
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 24, 1934PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOlarksoN, J.
Both sides to this controversy admit that the questions involved are as follows:
1. Was Mary E. Osborne, as a matter of law, legally adopted by the petitioner, Mrs. Bertha Pocus, under and by virtue of a valid judgment of the court of competent jurisdiction of the State of Virginia, prior to the institution of this proceeding?
2. Are such adoption proceedings subject to collateral attack in this proceeding ?
3. Wh6 is entitled to the custody of Mary E. Osborne, the lower court having found that her mother, Mrs. Anna Harrell, her natural mother, was the proper person to have her custody, as a…
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