Bruegger v. Patterson

WASTE, C. J.,

In a proceeding in habeas corpus the court below awarded the custody of Agnes Patterson Brueg ger, a minor, to her father, the petitioner for the writ. A motion is now made to dismiss the appeal taken by the maternal grandparents, respondents in the court below, upon the ground that there is no right to an appeal in a matter of this character, for which reason, it is contended, the court has no jurisdiction to entertain the proceeding.

Until the enactment of section 1506 of the Penal Code, in 1927 (Stats. 1927, p. 1061), it was always the rule in this state that the determination…