Legal Opinion

Foster v. Pettijohn

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 12, 1948No. 40670PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a proceeding in equity wherein Cora Wagner Foster seeks the enforcement of an alleged oral contract of adoption; that is, to be decreed the adopted daughter of George Wagner (who died in 1919), and other relief, claiming an interest approximating $25,000 to $30,000 in decedent's estate, which she alleges was not accounted for or, principally, was wrongfully distributed. This suit was brought May 18, 1946, against Mina Wright, as an individual, and Mina Wright, administratrix cum testamento annexo de bonis non of the estate of George Wagner, deceased, and Mina Wright, executrix of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States Fire Ins. Co. v. SwydenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
  2. Walker v. L. E. Meyers Const. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
  3. Denton v. City of AtchisonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1907
  4. Foster v. PetreeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
  5. Morrow v. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1909

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Goldsworthy v. KanatzarSupreme Court of Missouri · 2018
  2. Anderson v. DyerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1970
  3. Kemp v. WoodsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  4. Centerre Bank of Kansas City National Ass'n v. AngleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. St. Louis 221 Club v. Melbourne Hotel Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1950

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