People ex rel. Pascale v. Lanza

The relator, the mother of Sebastian Pascale, Jr., an infant twelve and a half years of age, has procured a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of obtaining his custody from the respondents, who, it is claimed, are detaining him at their home in violation of her express wishes.

The circumstances under which the respondents obtained the custody of the infant are as follows:

Some time in 1926 the relator became very ill, suffering from a serious ailment. For a period of about six months she was confined to a sanitarium, and thereafter in 1929 upon the recurrence of her malady, she was confined…