Lancey v. Shelley

On October 21, 1940, plaintiff filed in the Polk district court a petition for writ of habeas corpus, asking the custody of Phillip Morris Lancey, and allegiñg that he is the father and natural guardian of said minor. As the case is entitled in the father’s name, he will hereafter be referred to as plaintiff.

Plaintiff alleges a decree of divorce in Wapello county, whereby the care and custody of the minor was awarded to his mother, Velda Lancey, who died in Des Moines in 1940; that Phillip Morris Lancey is 4 years of age; that at the time of her death Velda was making her home in Des. Moines…