Denton v. James

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The appeal is taken from an order of the district court disposing of custody of a child.

Caroline Denton, the child of Frank W. and Mary B. Den-ton, was born in March, 1910. In January, 1919, Mary B. Den-ton died, and the child was taken by Mary B. Denton’s mother, Isabelle James. Afterwards Frank W. Denton instituted a proceeding in habeas corpus to obtain custody of the child, which resulted in the following order made in December, 1919:

“That the custody of the said child, Caroline Denton, at this time, be given to the defendant and…