Legal Opinion

Ex parte Chambers

California Supreme Court

Decided August 27, 1889No. 20548PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Application to the Supreme Court for the transfer of the custody of an orphan child, upon writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

The Court.

The writ in this case was sued out by a manager and director of the Protestant Orphan Asylum of Sacramento, a corporation duly organized under the laws of this state, and as such entitled to the care, custody, control, and management of orphans and abandoned children, and receives state aid for the support and maintenance of orphans under its care. Clara A. Chambers, in whose behalf the writ was sued out, is an orphan of the age of three years and six months, who for more than two years was under the exclusive care, custody, control, and management of said asylum, and supported…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Estate of SharonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
  2. In re the Estate of JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Estate of JobsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
  4. James v. Holy Family Adoption ServiceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  5. In Re the Estate of McCombsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917

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