People Ex Rel. Stockham v. Schaedel

On January 21, 1928, plaintiff in error, Russell Stockham, in the name of the People, filed his petition in the superior court of Cook county for a writ of habeas corpus to secure the custody of his two sons, John, aged fourteen, and George, aged twelve, from their mother, May P. Schaedel, who was plaintiff in error's former wife. Upon a hearing the court remanded the children to the custody of their mother. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District, and the case comes to this court upon a writ of certiorari.

In 1920 all of the parties lived in Ohio. A certified…