State Ex Rel. Rys v. Vorlicek

Knutson, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court of McLeod county in a proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus in which the custody of a minor child, Sylvia Rys, was awarded to respondents. The case has been considered here upon the testimony taken before a referee, to whom the matter was referred by us, and the testimony taken before the district court pursuant to a stipulation of the parties.

Relator, Richards Rys, and Lillian Dostal were married November 2, 1936. On July 22, 1938, an action for divorce was begun by relator. In his verified complaint, he stated that…