Bowers v. Grant
Oregon Supreme Court
From Polk: Harry H. Belt, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This is a special proceeding by Mollie Bowers against Milt B. Grant, to inquire into tbe cause of tbe restraint of ber daughter, Marion Bowers, wbo is four years old, and to secure tbe latter’s release.
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From Polk: Harry H. Belt, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This is a special proceeding by Mollie Bowers against Milt B. Grant, to inquire into tbe cause of tbe restraint of ber daughter, Marion Bowers, wbo is four years old, and to secure tbe latter’s release. Tbe facts are that tbe juvenile department of tbe Circuit Court of tbe State of Oregon for-Multnomah County caused to be recorded in its journal an entry wbicb reads: “In tbe Matter of Marion Bowers, a Dependent Child. “It appearing this 1st day of July, 1913, that tbe said Marion Bowers is a dependent child, in that tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moore.
1. Habeas corpus proceedings, instituted to secure the discharge of children from alleged illegal restraint, though somewhat analogous to the ordinary application of a party to be relieved from a criminal charge, is usually a controversy between the parents of such child, or between one or both of them and a stranger,^ in which case the real inquiry is not limited to the sole *395question of jurisdiction as in criminal actions, but extends to a consideration as to which of the contestants is better qualified to have the custody and control of the minor, so as to…
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