State Ex Rel. Lipscomb v. Joplin

Raymond, Judge;

In this original proceeding in habeas corpus instituted by the State at the relation of Cynthia Ellen Lipscomb, the relator seeks to recover the possession of her four months old daughter, Barbara Ann, from the respondents, Ruth Joplin and Denver Joplin, a married couple, into whose custody she delivered the child on November 3, 1947, when it was twenty days old. Upon the petition a writ was awarded on February 2, 1948, returnable before this Court on February 10, 1948. In obedience to the writ the respondents appeared on the day to which it was returnable, produced the child…