Davis v. Sears

This is a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by the parents of a male child now 5 years old, against Porter J. and Annie Davis, husband and wife. The application for the writ states that the minor son, Kent Sears, Jr., of the applicants, is in possession of, and is illegally restrained of his liberty by said Davis and wife. There was no other pleading on the part of the parents of the minor. Davis and his wife answered at some length, and, after a general demurrer and a-general denial, alleged that Mrs. Alma MeBroom Sears, under the name of Alma MeBroom, had, by written instrument duly…