Legal Opinion

Campbell v. Stoker

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 6, 1907No. 1698PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Question certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Stephens County.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines

This is a certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District. The statement and questions are as follows:

“This appeal is from a judgment rendered against appellant in a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by him to recover from the appellees the possession of Ima Campbell, a girl of five or six years old and his only child, who was alleged to be unlawfully restrained by them. The court not only denied him any relief but enjoined him from disturbing appellees in their possession of the child. The litigation grows out of a most shocking and deplorable domestic tragedy,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lanning v. GregoryTexas Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Goldsmith v. SalkeyTexas Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Wicks v. CoxTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Helton v. CrawleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1950
  4. Anderson v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  5. Ex Parte BirminghamTexas Supreme Court · 1952

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