Dickerson v. Dickerson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County refusing to change the custody of a child. E. S. Torrance, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Haynes, C.
In the above-entitled action a divorce was granted the plaintiff on October 28, 1891, and by the decree she was awarded the custody of all the children of said parties, three in number.
On May 9, 1893, said defendant, Warren C. Dickerson, filed in said cause his petition praying that the custody of Artemus, the oldest of said children, then eight years of age, be taken from his mother and awarded to the petitioner, upon the ground of the poverty and consequent inability of the mother to properly - care for and educate him, and further charging that the plaintiff then was, and for a…
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