Supreme Court of Oklahoma January 7, 1941, No. 29753 (Harris v. Burgess)

NEFF, J.

In the year 1926 James R. Burgess, hereinafter called petitioner, was a boy of 14. By the written consent of himself and his only live parent, and by proper procedure of the county court in accordance with sections 1701 to 1716, O. S. 1931, 10 Okla. St. Ann. §§ 41 to 56, he was adopted by Thomas F. Talley and Cynthia Talley, husband and wife.