State Ex Rel. Munson v. Jackson

HAMITER, Justice.

In this habeas corpus proceeding Mamie Lucille Munson, a resident of Chicago, Illinois, is seeking to regain the custody of her illegitimate daughter, Dolores Holden, now under the care, supervision and control of Alma Jackson of Franklin, Louisiana, and Hudson Keyes of New Orleans. The child, who is fifteen years of age, attends school as a boarding student at the Sager-Brown Home in Baldwin Louisiana, an institution for colored children, situated approximately four miles from Franklin.

After a trial of the issues of the case formed by the allegations of the petition of…