Commonwealth v. Clifford
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 336, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from order of Municipal Court Philadelphia Co., May T., 1915, No. 113, in habeas corpus proceedings in case of Commonwealth, ex rel., Arthur E. Clifford v. Florence Bisel Clifford. Petition for habeas corpus.
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Appeal, No. 336, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from order of Municipal Court Philadelphia Co., May T., 1915, No. 113, in habeas corpus proceedings in case of Commonwealth, ex rel., Arthur E. Clifford v. Florence Bisel Clifford. Petition for habeas corpus. Before Brown, P. J. The court made the following order: “The court, after careful and serious consideration to the above cause, orders and decrees that Laura May Clifford, daughter of Arthur E. and Florence B. Clifford, be remanded to the custody of Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippen, supervising probation officer, with instructions that the child be…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion'by
Porter, J.,
This is an appeal by the respondent, Florence B. Clifford, from the order of the court below, in a case of habeas corpus, awarding the custody of her nine-year-old *112daughter to the paternal grandparents of the child, with whom the father of the child resided. The extent of the authority of an appellate court to review the action of the court below, in proceedings of this character, is well settled in this State. In cases of dispute between the father and mother of a minor child, as to which shall be entitled' to its custody, the judges of the court of original jurisdiction…
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- Commonwealth v. Superintendent of Philadelphia County PrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Commonwealth v. StricklandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Commonwealth v. Superintendent of County PrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Commonwealth ex rel. McDougall v. McDougallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Commonwealth v. MaurerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
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