Show IN THE SECOND DISTRICT COURT A peculiar case of adoption or not adoption the stale intervenes as the result pathe vs nielson may mean escheat to the state some months ago there was a case filed in the second district court by jasper jesperson against jens nellson administrator of the estate of one hanson who died intestate in last winter the complaint alleges that the deceased hanson and hla wife had been allowed to adopt the infant child of jasper jesperson the mother having died at childbirth on the condition that tho said dansons hansons should bequeath to eald adopted child all their worldly belongings when they passed out of this earthly that at the time of the death of said hanson he left no will and the estate was placed in the hands of jens nellson as administrator and that said nellson had refused to carry out the provisions of the agreement made between the said hanson and the plaintiff father 0 the child the case camo up before judge this morning and the first move which was surprising was the motion of the state of utah by its attorney W A lee to be allowed to intervene on the ground that as the deceased died intestate and without heirs the property would escheat to the state the motion was granted and then the motion of plaintiff for judgment on the pleadings was argued and decision reserved the trial of the case continued and jasper jesperson A P mary johnson anna and hans nellson testified to their knowledge of the case it was still on when this report closed in the case ot geo W wattles vs J B francis judgment was rendered on a note in the sum of with 11 costs the case of mantle L woodmansee vs samuel P woodmansee formerly her husband tor the restoration of a certain property of which she claimed the defendant had defrauded her was argued and taken under advisement |