ELLIS v. DOHERTY


334 Mass. 466 (1956)

136 N.E.2d 203

MELVIN B. ELLIS & another vs. MARJORIE J. DOHERTY (and companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Zisman, for the appellants.

John F. McAuliffe, (John J. Sullivan, Jr., with him,) for the appellee.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


QUA, C.J.

These are eighteen appeals (not counting four that have been waived) by Melvin B. Ellis and Frances V. Ellis, his wife, from orders or decrees of the Probate Court for the County of Norfolk. These appeals are brought here in two separate records, and all relate in one way or another to the adoption, guardianship, or custody of the illegitimate minor child McCoy, also known as Hildie C. Ellis.

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