Ferguson v. Hunt

Almand, Justice.

This case is an appeal by the mother of a minor child whose custody by parties unrelated to the child was found not to be illegal as contended by the mother in her petition for the writ of habeas corpus.

Mrs. Louise Ferguson brought her petition for the writ against Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hunt in Polk Superior Court wherein she alleged: that she was the mother of Grace Long, six years old; that the child’s father had deserted her and the child, and his whereabouts was unknown; that the defendants were in possession of the child under a purported order of the Juvenile Court of…