Taylor v. Aulton’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “The absence of evidence of such an agreement upon the part of Mrs. Taylor makes it impossible to bring this case within the holding of Starnes v. Hatcher, 121 Tenn. 330 , 117 S.W. 219 , and Adcock v. Simon, 2 Tenn. App. 617 . In each of those cases it was agreed by the proposing adoptive parent to give the child the adoptive parent's property at death or to make him an heir of such adoptive parent in consideration of the agreement of the natural parent to the adoption, and reliance was placed upon this agreement. Assuming this to be a case of strong natural equity in favor of Ralph Taylor, the absence of any adoption of him by Mrs. Taylor, and the absence of any agreement that she would give him her property in consideration of adoption seem conclusive of this case against the contention of Taylor under the holding of Starnes v. Hatcher, supra, * * *. 191 Tenn. at 89 , 231 S.W.2d at 576 .”

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