Smidt ex rel. Smidt v. Benenga
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Butler District Court. — Hon. J. F. Clyde, Judge. This is a habeas corpus proceeding brought to secure to Gerhard Smidt the custody and control of his son Felko, a minor eleven years of age. The trial court decided that the child should remain with defendants, and the father appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
— Felko Smidt is a boy eleven years of age. His mother died as a result of childbirth, the boy being then about one month old. A Mrs. Kramer was the grandmother of Felko, and, upon the death of the mother, this grandmother, with her daughter, Mrs. Benenga, by agreement with the father undertook to bring up the boy. The grandmother was then about sixty years of age and somewhat crippled, but she was a woman of some means, and then and thereafter lived with the defendants, as did the boy when taken by the grandmother. This grandmother and the defendants have treated the boy kindly, attended to…
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