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JACKSON v. RUSSELL

Gen. No. 9,738.

342 Ill. App. 637 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 584

Emmett Jackson and Edith Jackson, Appellants, v. Emery Earl Russell, Geraldine Russell and Lucille Russell, Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication April 3, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUIS L. MASON and FRANCIS R. WILEY, both of Decatur, for appellants.

FRANK J. GOLLINGS, of Decatur, for appellees.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court.

On April 19, 1950, Emmett Jackson and his wife, Edith Jackson, petitioned the county court of Macon county for the adoption of their granddaughter, Lucille Russell. Lucille was born in December 1946, and was the daughter of Mrs. Jackson's son by a former marriage, Emery Earl Russell, and his wife, Geraldine Russell. The county court denied the petition for adoption, but on its own motion the little...

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