People ex rel. Kuhn v. Weeks

On December 3, 1920, the relator, LeRoy Philip Kuhn, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus that his sister, Ada Weeks, be ordered to give to him possession of his daughter, Kathryn Margaret Kuhn, who was at that time twelve years of age.

To the writ which was issued on December 3, 1920, the respondent, Ada Weeks, on December 11, 1920, filed an answer, and asked that the writ be quashed and the petition dismissed. The cause was continued from time to time and, finally, on November 1, 1921, the court found that Kathyrn Margaret Kuhn was unlawfully detained by Ada Weeks and ought not to be…