People Ex Rel. Houghland v. Leonard

This original petition for habeas corpus raises broad questions concerning the validity of the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act which deal with jurisdiction over proceedings arising under that statute, as well as narrower jurisdictional questions arising from circumstances peculiar to this case.

The petition is prosecuted by the mother and next friend of Kenneth Moskaloff, a minor, who is held in custody by the superintendent of the Illinois Training School for Boys under a warrant of commitment issued by the county court of Rock Island County. Kenneth’s parents were divorced in 1944 by a…