Burnes v. Burnes
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
In Equity. Original and cross bills. The first of the above-entitled cases is a bill in equity to establish between relatives the ownership of certain stock of a corporation known as the “Burnes Estate.” The business of the corporation is banking, real estate, and other lines. Cases 279, 280, and '283 are auxiliary to the main or first case, and take their places on the docket by way of cross-bills.
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In Equity. Original and cross bills. The first of the above-entitled cases is a bill in equity to establish between relatives the ownership of certain stock of a corporation known as the “Burnes Estate.” The business of the corporation is banking, real estate, and other lines. Cases 279, 280, and '283 are auxiliary to the main or first case, and take their places on the docket by way of cross-bills. In the early part of the year 1867 there were three brothers residing in Missouri — Daniel D. Burnes, Sr., James N. Burnes, Sr., and Calvin E. Burnes. The wife of Daniel D. Burnes had died in…
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, District Judge (after stating the facts).
As to the adoption of the children and the rights of inheritance, the laws of Missouri alone control. So far as I am apprised by the briefs of counsel, there was no statute in 1867 providing for the consent by the children of Daniel D. Burnes, Sr., or for the consent by some one for them, for their adoption. Some of the states have such provisions. And in Missouri there was no judicial proceeding required for the adoption of the children. All that the statutes seem to require was the signing by the adopting parent of an instrument, its due…
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