Verser v. Ford
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Lonoke Circuit Court. Hon. J. W. Martin, Circuit Judge. STATEMENT. Petition for habeas corpus filed by Verser against Ford’ and his wife, to obtain -from them the custody of his infant: child.
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APPEAL from Lonoke Circuit Court. Hon. J. W. Martin, Circuit Judge. STATEMENT. Petition for habeas corpus filed by Verser against Ford’ and his wife, to obtain -from them the custody of his infant: child. The opinion sufficiently states the case.' In support of the father’s right to the custody of the-' child, cited Reeves’ Domestic Relations, p. 290 et seq; 2; Kent’s Oom., p. 193 (Mar.) ; 5 Bacon’s Abridgement, Infancy and Age, “M,” p. 169 Gantt’s Digest, sec. 3035 ; Wright v. Johnson, 5 Ark., 687. None of the exceptions to the rule touch this case. The Court is bound to issue the writ and…
1Opinion of the CourtEakin, J.
i. t-tabeas Corpus: For euschild, "by -wliat |¿vemMd.s This is a contest for the custody and nurture -of an infant girl of tender age, whose mother died at her birth, and who, from the first two or three days of J ' •existence, has been cared for and kept by the grand-parents. The father now demands the child again, having since married, and being in circumstances ,to provide and care for it.
In deciding such cases upon writs of habeas corpus, the principles adopted in the Chancery Court must govern. The proceedings are special. No rigid rules to regulate the practice have or can be…
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