Kirby v. Gilliam

Maude Kirby, who is characterized in the process as suing “in her own right and as next friend of Lois May Kirby Gilliam, an infant,” filed her bill of'complaint in the court below against Junious L. Gilliam. The bill alleged that the plaintiff is the mother of Lois May Kirby Gilliam, who is an infant fourteen years of age, and for whom the plaintiff had theretofore maintained a home in James City county, Virginia; that on November 28, 1942, Junious L. Gilliam, an adult, unlawfully and illegally took the infant child from the custody of the plaintiff and carried her to South Mills, North…