Burckhalter v. Conyer

Plaintiffs in error sued out writ of habeas corpus in the Ninety-Fifth district court of Dallas county, Tex., alleging that Sister Dominica, Sister Superior of the Sisters of Saint Mary’s, unlawfully restrained Louise Burckhalter (sometimes known as Dorothy Ada Conyer), a girl of five years of age, of her liberty; that they were the mother and father of said child, and entitled to her care and custody.

Defendant in error L. A. Conyer intervened in said cause, setting up that said child was the daughter of himself and deceased wife,' and that he was entitled to her care and custody. • . ■

The…