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PROFFITT v. EVANS

433 S.W.2d 876 (1968)

Margaret PROFFITT, Appellant, v. Norman O. EVANS, Harold Zeiss, Marian Zeiss, and Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Paducah, Kentucky, Executor of the Estate of Katie Evans, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 8, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Byrd, James E. Moore, Paducah, George O. Hansen, Detroit, Mich., for appellant.

Waller, Threlkeld & Whitlow, Paducah, for Norman O. Evans.

Joseph S. Freeland, Paducah, for Harold Zeiss and Marian Zeiss.

Lloyd C. Emery, Paducah, for Citizens Bank & Trust Co. of Paducah, Ky., Ex'r of Estate of Katie Evans, dec.

J. PAUL KEITH, Jr., Special Commissioner.

This appeal is brought by Margaret Proffitt who claims that she was the adopted daughter of the deceased, Katie Evans. The trial court ruled that she was not the legally adopted daughter, and with that ruling we must agree.

The record shows that on February 9, 1914, an order was entered in the McCracken County Juvenile Court which vested custody of the defendant, deserted three-year-old baby girl, Valda Marguerite...

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