Matter of Lee
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 24, 1917, which reversed an order of Special Term sustaining a writ of habeas corpus and awarding the custody of William C. Lee, an infant, to the petitioners and dismissed the said writ. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 24, 1917, which reversed an order of Special Term sustaining a writ of habeas corpus and awarding the custody of William C. Lee, an infant, to the petitioners and dismissed the said writ. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The adjudication made by the Supreme Court September 15, 1915, directing the custody of the infant to be with the appellants is not affected by the issuance of letters of guardianship on June 20, 1916, to the respondent. (Matter of…
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The Supreme Court and the Surrogate’s Court of Westchester county have made conflicting orders as to the custody p£ qq ffifant child,
William Grossman Mills was bom March 11th, 1904, the child of William Mills, Jr., and Georgia Grossman Mills, his wife. The mother obtained a divorce on May 29th, 1911, in the Supreme Court of the state of New York, and thereafter, and until the time of her death, lived with her child in the Lee family. On April 2'fth, 1913, she married Thomas Frederick Lee and they lived together as man and wife until her death on May 2d, 1915. By her will, admitted to probate…
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