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WELCH v. FUNCHESS, ET AL.

No. 39197.

220 Miss. 691 (1954)

71 So.2d 783

60 Adv. S. 14

WELCH v. FUNCHESS, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 12, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett, Jones & Montgomery, Jackson, for appellant.

Henley, Jones & Woodliff, Hazlehurst and Jackson, for appellees.

ROBERDS, P.J.

This appeal involves the validity and effect of an adoption proceeding.

On December 9, 1912, John W. Funchess and his wife Laura V. Funchess filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Copiah County, Mississippi, seeking the adoption of Nellie Christine Funchess, then some ten months of age. This petition states the petitioners desired to adopt the child "and...

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