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      "Higgins, J., not sitting."
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      "IN RE: Adoption of \u2014 VIRGINIA ANN ANDERSON."
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        "text": "PER Curiam.\nThe record contains nothing to show that the term of court was regularly held or that the proceeding was properly instituted. Brown v. Johnson, 207 N.C. 807, 178 S.E. 570. Moreover the petitioners\u2019 petition is not included in the transcript. Nothing is contained in the record except the findings of fact, the conclusions of law and the judgment entered pursuant thereto.\nConsequently, the appeal is dismissed under Rule 19, Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, 221 N.C. 553, et seq. See also Pruitt v. Wood, 199 N.C. 788, 156 S.E. 126 and Waters v. Waters, 199 N.C. 667, 155 S.E. 564.\nAppeal dismissed.\nHiggins, J., not sitting.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "J. F. Jordan for petitioners.",
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    "head_matter": "IN RE: Adoption of \u2014 VIRGINIA ANN ANDERSON.\n(Filed 4 November, 1959.)\n1. Appeal and Error \u00a7 33\u2014\nWhere the record does not show that the term of court was regularly held or that the proceeding was properly instituted, or the pleadings, the appeal must be dismissed. Rule 19, Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court.\nHiggins, J., not sitting.\nAppeal by petitioners from Gwyn, J., June Civil Term, 1959, of WlLKES.\nThis is purportedly a proceeding in which the petitioners, Roy Anderson and Viola Anderson, are seeking to adopt the minor child of Geraldine Johnson Gornelius.\nThe petitioners .appeal only from conclusions of law and the judgment entered pursuant thereto.\nJ. F. Jordan for petitioners.\nTressie Pierce Fletcher for respondent."
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