People ex rel. Winston v. Winston
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Walker Winston, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of September, 1901, awarding the custody of Lillian Winston to the petitioner, after a hearing on the return to a writ of habea corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The petitioner and appellant are husband and wife. Lillian is their child and is now about ten years of age. The parents separated on the 5th day of June, 1895, and on that day signed articles of separation with trustees in and by which the custody of the child was given to the mother and an allowance of twenty-five dollars per *232week made by the husband for the support and maintenance of the mother and child and for the education of the latter. The petitioner thereafter obtained a divorce against appellant, who was a resident of the State of New York, in Oklahoma, but he having…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Winston v. . WinstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- People ex rel. Ludden v. WinstonNew York Supreme Court · 1901
- Osterhoudt v. OsterhoudtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Winston v. WinstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Kniffin v. KnightNew York Supreme Court · 1945