Brown v. Brown

The material facts stated in the first paragraph of appellants’ complaint are these: In May, 1873, Preston Brown asked and obtained an order of the Hendricks Circuit Court for the adoption of Edgar Boyd, and, in the same order, it was directed that the name of the child be changed to Edgar B. Brown. Preston Brown, the adoptive father, died in August, 1880, the owner of real and personal property, leaving no widow or natural children. The appellants are his brothers and sisters, aná claim the property as his heirs. In April, 1883, they gave notice that they disaffirmed the proceedings adopting…