Colorado Court of Appeals September 15, 1894 (Button v. Higgins)

Reed, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The testimony establishes the fact that in 1875, at the age of eleven or twelve, appellee was taken into the family of *169Dr. Button, then living in the state of Iowa. Though not adopted, she was eared for, treated and maintained as one of the family, sent to school until she was sixteen; after that, she, in common with Mrs.