Ex parte Bell
District Court, N.D. California
■ In the matter of Loletta Bell, minor.' Petition by Mrs. Sadie E: Bell for a writ of habeas corpus. On demurrer to the writ.
1Opinion of the Court
DOORING, District Judge.
Sadie E. Bell has petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Loletta Bell, a child of about six years of age. The petition shows that the petitioner and her husband duly and regularly adopted the child in Nevada in July, 1911, in accordance with the laws of that state and with the consent of the mother; that the child was then but 18 days old; that petitioner and her husband had the care and custody of the child by virtue of the adoption proceedings until December 18, 1915, when the mother kidnapped her, and removed her from that state; that the…
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