Adams v. Gillis

On the 24th day of September, 1923, appellants, Mrs. Zelma Adams and husband, B. A. Adams, by proper petition, applied for and obtained the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to recover from appellees, Reno Gillis and wife, Mrs. Reno Gillis, the custody of a girl 3 years of age, called Shirley Francis Gillis, claimed by appellants to be the natural child of Mrs. Zelma Adams by her former husband, one Bob Hays. Appellants, in substance, allege that appellees were wrongfully withholding said child from appellants; that, by reason of said Shirley Francis Gillis being the natural child of…