State Ex Rel. Burleigh v. Savoie

The relator wedded defendant’s daughter. The young married couple established their home on defendants’ farm, where the two lived until some time in 1930, in which year relator met with the misfortune of losing his wife.- A daughter, Gussie Burleigh, was born of this marriage. This suit, which is a proceeding by habeas corpus, concerns the custody of that child. The question presented is whether the father of the child, the relator herein, has forfeited his parental right to its custody. The child was between four and five years of age when the writ was applied for, and about three years of…