Moore v. Moore

Crawford, Justice.

A writ of habeas corpus was issued by the ordinary of Wayne county, on the petition of Mary A. Moore against S. S. Moore, commanding and requiring him to produce the persons of Mary Ellen, Idel and Shakespear Moore, the children of the petitioner, whom she alleged that he had abducted from her possession without lawful warrant.,,, or authority.

In response to this writ S. S. Moore produced the children and made return that he was their father, and that the petitioner, their mother, was not entitled to their bustody- because of her inability to take care of them, and that she…