Whiteman v. Robinson

Haymond, Judge:

The petitioner, James Whiteman, the father of Julia Kathryn Whiteman, an infant, instituted this habeas corpus proceeding in the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, in May 1959, to regain the custody of his daughter, then about three and one-half years of age, from the defendants, John A. Robinson and Nancy Robinson, who have refused to permit the petitioner to have the custody of his child.

The proceeding was heard in the circuit court upon the petition for the writ, the writ issued upon the petition, the answer of the defendants, the replication of the petitioner, the evidence…