Newsome v. . Bunch
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dbb'ENdaNt’s appeal, in habeas corpus proceedings, from the order of Ward, rendered 3 January, 1906, Superior Court of Ci-iowaN County, granting plaintiff custody of his minor child.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This case was before us at the last term, and will be found reported in 142 N. C., at page 19, where the facts, not herein mentioned, are stated. A¥e there directed certain additional findings to be made. His Honor has found, in compliance with our order, that the child was not abandoned by its father (the petitioner) to its grandparents (the respondents), and that the interests and welfare of the child will not be materially prejudiced by its restoration to. the petitioner.
The father is, in the first instance, entitled to the custody of his child. But this rule of the common law has more…
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