E. W. v. K. D. M.

BARDGETT, Judge.

The issue to be decided is whether or not an appeal lies from a circuit court judgment denying a petitioner habeas corpus relief where the substance of the circuit court habeas corpus action involved the custody of minor children and the fitness of the petitioner was put in issue in the circuit court action by the pleadings and the evidence.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District (hereinafter court of appeals), cause No. 34181, styled E. W., Petitioner, plaintiff-appellant, vs. K. D. M., W. and C. W., defendants-respondents, is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit…