Carlin v. Bacon

This is a suit in equity against the administratrix and collateral heirs of Lena Carlin, deceased': it seeks to have plaintiff declared an heir of the said Lena Carlin, through the operation of an alleged executed oral contract of adoption. The contract through which such status is alleged to have derived is set forth in the petition as follows:

“Plaintiff for cause of action says that on August 13, 1894, he was placed in St. Ann’s Foundling Asylum, situate in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, where he remained as a ward of said institution until August 29, 1897; that on said 29th day of…