Pickle v. Page

Henry M. Pickle and Bertha E. Pickle, originally named as plaintiffs herein, were the grandfather and grandmother of Vernon Owen Pickle, an infant. They had legally adopted the child upon his abandonment by his mother. Several years later, the mother, enlisting the services of the defendant, a county Sheriff, caused the child to be abducted from the possession of his foster parents. The defendant, employing violence and exhibiting a reckless defiance of the rights of the lawful custodians, actively aided in procuring the abduction. The child, who was then five and one-half years of age, was…