ST. PETER'S ORPHAN ASYLUM ASSOCIATION v. RILEY


311 S.W.2d 336 (1957)

ST. PETER'S ORPHAN ASYLUM ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Goldie Mae RILEY, alias Goldie Clark, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Division, at Jackson.

Certiorari Denied December 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Griffin, Memphis, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court December 6, 1957.

CARNEY, Judge.

The appellant, St. Peter's Orphan Asylum Association, of Memphis, Tennessee, a licensed child-placing agency, appeals from a decree of the Chancellor dismissing its petition to have an infant child declared an "abandoned child" within the meaning of the adoption laws of the State of Tennessee. The Chancellor held that the Chancery Court was without jurisdiction to decree such abandonment in...

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