Legal Opinion

In re the Surrender of the Minor Children of James T.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided July 2, 1909PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from 8ac District Court.' — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. Appeal from an order committing the six children of . Mr. and Mrs. James T. East to the Iowa Children’s Home.

1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.

On the 5th day of September, 1908, there was presented to the district court of Sac County, Iowa, a complaint of one J. J. Harter, who was overseer of the poor in and for Sac City, in said county, in the following words:

J. J. Harter, the complainant, stated that he is a citizen of the state of Iowa, residing in Sac City,1 Sac County, Iowa, and that he is overseer for the poor in and for Sac City, in said county; that the Iowa Children’s Home Society is a society legally incorporated and existing under the laws of the state of Iowa for the purpose of receiving, caring for, placing out for…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. HeffronMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Habighorst v. ConantOregon Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Harrison v. CliftonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. McKay v. RuffcornSupreme Court of Iowa · 1955
  2. State Ex Rel. McPherson v. RakeySupreme Court of Iowa · 1945
  3. Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. v. ThornburgSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933
  4. Wilson v. WrightSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
  5. Wilson v. WrightSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971

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