Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of Elizabeth McCann
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 8, 1931No. Appeal 438PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Gawthrop, J.,
April 24, 1930, James J. Byrnes and Edith R. Byrnes, his wife, citizens of this Commonwealth, residing in the City of Philadelphia, petitioned the municipal court of Philadelphia County, for leave to adopt Elizabeth McCann, a minor child born to one Mildred V. McCann in the Saint Vincent’s Hospital for Women and Children, in the City of Philadelphia, on November 12, 1928. The petition set forth that the father of the child was unknown; that the petitioners had the custody and care of the child and were then supporting her; that the mother of the child left her with…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CurrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Petri v. F. E. Creelman Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Rodebaugh v. Philadelphia Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Brown v. County CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
- Ballard v. WardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Davies Adoption CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Weinbach's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- In Re Estate of LiscioSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- In the Matter of the Adoption of Force, Etc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1956
- Dougherty Adoption CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
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