Slack v. Perrine
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by the petitioner from a judgment dismissing her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Court in its opinion stated the ease as follows: This appeal is from a judgment discharging a writ of habeas corpus that had been issued on a petition filed by Mary Kemble Slack against Lewis Perrine and Harriet Ad die Slack Perrine to recover the possession of her two infant children, Mary Juliet Gerard and Katharine Addie Slack.
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Hearing on an appeal by the petitioner from a judgment dismissing her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Court in its opinion stated the ease as follows: This appeal is from a judgment discharging a writ of habeas corpus that had been issued on a petition filed by Mary Kemble Slack against Lewis Perrine and Harriet Ad die Slack Perrine to recover the possession of her two infant children, Mary Juliet Gerard and Katharine Addie Slack. The petitioner alleged that she is the widow of William Hall Slack, formerly of the District of Columbia, who resided the last year of his life in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
1. In our view of this Gase, it is wholly unnecessary to decide whether the statute of 12 Charles 2, Ch. 24, Sec. 8, is in force in the District of Columbia to the full extent claimed for it, viz., that the father of infant children may by deed or will transfer their exclusive custody and control to a guardian, regardless of the fact that their mother, his wife, may be competent, willing and in all respects qualified to maintain, educate and train them properly.
2. The decision of the case as presented on this record turns upon the effect that must be given to the decree of the Chancery Court…
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