Halback v. Hill
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court" of the District of Columbia. Habeas corpus proceeding by George Cooper Hill against Edward H. Halback and Etta Tanksley Halback. Judgment for petitioner, and respondents appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEE, Associate Justice.
This appeal is by respondents in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from a judgment of the court below transferring the custody of an infant granddaughter of the appellants to the custody of the petitioner, the father.
It appears from the evidence that the mother of the child died when she was two weeks old; that respondent Etta Tanksley Halback, the *1008grandmother of the child, took her at the request of the father and cared for her up to the date of the order made in this cáse, a period of about three years. In the return, respondents allege that the petitioner…
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