Mulligan v. Mulligan

Duckworth, Justice.

1. Where the intestate of the petitioner instituted a proceeding to adopt a minor child over 14 years of age and pursued the action to a final judgment of adoption and enjoyed the benefits of such adoption as shown by the present record, he would, if in life, be estopped to assail the validity of such judgment, and his brothers and sisters claiming under him are likewise estopped from attacking such judgment on grounds which otherwise might be upheld. Davis v. Wakelee, 156 U. S. 689; Luther v. Clay, 100 Ga. 236 (28 S. E. 46) ; American Grocery Co. v. Kennedy, 100 Ga. 462…