People ex rel. Calnan v. Weightman

This is a writ of habeas corpus which Marie Calnan (now Malloy) brought to get possession of her child, Kathleen Calnan from the respondents, Charles H. Weightman and Gertrude A. Weightman, with whom she had been living for several years.

It appears that Kathleen was born on or about February 28, 1912; that at the time of the birth of Kathleen her putative father was one Patrick H. Malloy; that Malloy subsequently joined petitioner in the writ and prayer for the custody of Kathleen; that he represented in his petition that he and Mary Calnan contracted a common-law marriage on or about May…