Legal Opinion
Winslow v. Lewis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 25, 1965No. Gen. 11,065PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE CROW
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff, Philip Winslow, filed a petition, later amended, in the Circuit Court of Carroll county for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the defendant, Vera Lewis, demanding that she bring Asta Jean Lewis, her niece, a minor child, into court and show cause for the detention of the child. The defendant answered the petition and also set up an affirmative defense denying that it was to the best interests and welfare of the child that she be turned over to the plaintiff, and alleging her best interests would be served by leaving her…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Clark v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
- Sullivan v. People ex rel. HeeneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Stafford v. StaffordIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- People Ex Rel. Noonan v. WingateIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
- Mahon v. People ex rel. RobertsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Farrand v. GarmonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
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