Watts v. Watts
Indiana Supreme Court
From Wabash Circuit Court; A. H. Plummer, Judge. Action by Caroline E. Watts against Josiah F. Watts and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, C. J.
This was an action in the nature of a habeas corpus proceeding, instituted by appellee, Caroline E. Watts (formerly Caroline E. McCath), against Josiah P. and Nellie R. Watts, husband and wife, to obtain the custody of her daughter by a former marriage, a girl five years old. By her complaint she alleged that defendants had obtained the custody of said child by false and fraudulent representations, thereby inducing her to consent to its adoption by them; that they represented themselves to be Christian people, who would give the child a good, moral home; that under these circumstances they…
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