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IN RE MATTHEWS

310 S.W.2d 185 (1957)

In re Allen Eugene MATTHEWS.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ely & Ely, Knoxville, for petitioners-appellants.

Bess Blake, Nashville, for Dept. of Public Welfare.

SWEPSTON, Justice.

On the 23rd day of July, 1956, Clifton Clemie Miller and Mildred Pyles Miller filed their petition in the Chancery Court for the purpose of effecting the adoption of Allen Eugene Matthews. On motion of the Department of Welfare, the Chancellor dismissed the petition and hence this appeal.

The petition averred that they are husband and wife and residents of Knox County, Tennessee; that the minor...

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