MILLWEE, Justice.
This appeal involves the validity of an adoption order made in 1907 by the Probate Court of Monroe County, Arkansas, in which J. F. Linzey attempted to adopt Vena Vista Allen, the four-year-old daughter of his wife, Alice L. Linzey, by a former marriage. The order reads as follows:
"Order of Court
"Now on this day October 21st 1907, A day of the regular October 1907 term of the Monroe Probate Court the above matter came on to be...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
- Updated daily.
- Uncompromising quality.
- Complete, Accurate, Current.