Wakefield v. Thorp

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus which was instituted in this court by one Frank Wakefield, the natural father, to obtain the possession of his minor child, Brenda Lou Wakefield, who is now in the possession of respondents, Clarence Thorp and Agnes Thorp, his wife. The latter, incidentally, is petitioner’s half-sister.

Petitioner resides in St. Louis County, and respondents in St. Charles County.

It appears from the facts which counsel have brought to our attention that petitioner and the child’s mother, Mary Lou Wake-field, were married on October 1, 1949, when he was nineteen and she but…