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IN RE ADOPTION OF A MINOR

No. 9104.

155 F.2d 870 (1946)

In re ADOPTION OF A MINOR.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided May 20, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Justin L. Edgerton, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Leo A. Rover, guardian ad litem, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Nicholas J. Chase, of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court granting adoption of an infant, and from an order denying a motion of the natural mother to vacate the decree of adoption and either to reopen the case for the introduction of further evidence or to grant a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence.

The father and mother of this infant first met in the fall of 1941 in a southern town where they both lived. The...

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