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ESTATE OF CHEANEY

266 Wis. 620 (1954)

ESTATE OF CHEANEY: COSBY, Appellant, vs. MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK, Administrator, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 4, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Lowry & Hunter of Waukesha, and oral argument by Richard N. Hunter.

For the respondent there was a brief by Ludwig & Ludwig of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Carl J. Ludwig and by Harry E. Fryatt, Jr., of Waukesha.

GEHL, J.

In 1909 Henry Cosby, then seven years old, was released to the Children's Home Society with the request that the Society secure for him legal adoption. Children placed by the Society were ordinarily placed with the intention that they be adopted, although in this case no statement was made to the Society by the Cheaneys that they would adopt him nor was the placement intended as an indenture. He worked on the Cheaney farm and they provided him with food,...

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