Slater v. Melton

Riley, Judge:

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus brought in the circuit court of Kanawha county by Lula Pearl Slater, unmarried, petitioner, for the purpose of obtaining the custody of her illegitimate child, Dorcas May Slater, claimed to be unlawfully withheld by the respondents, Arnie Melton and wife. To a judgment granting the relief prayed, the respondents prosecute this writ of error.

In response to the writ of habeas corpus, the Meltons appeared in the circuit court and filed a plea in abatement, alleging that on October 24, 1936, they had been impleaded in the juvenile court (court of…