Willis v. Bell
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; STATEMENT BY. THE COURT. Appellant, N. P. Willis, filed his complaint in the chancery-court of Pulaski County against appellee, H. B. Bell, to obtain the custody of his child, Mary Francis Laura Willis, who is alleged to be wrongfully in the custody of appellee.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; STATEMENT BY. THE COURT. Appellant, N. P. Willis, filed his complaint in the chancery-court of Pulaski County against appellee, H. B. Bell, to obtain the custody of his child, Mary Francis Laura Willis, who is alleged to be wrongfully in the custody of appellee. The chancellor issued a writ of habeas corpus requiring the production of the child, which writ 'was duly served, and appellee produced the child in response thereto. On the day set for hearing of the cause, the chancellor was absent from the county, and by…
1Opinion of the Court
McCulloch, J.,
(after stating the above facts). This is a controversy concerning the custody of appellant’s child, who is now a few months -over five years of age. Appellee is a brother of the child’s mother, appellant’s divorced wife.
Appellant and his wife, Hattie Bell, the ■ mother of this child, intermarried at Indianapolis, Indiana, April 25, 1900, and lived together, except during several short periods of separation, until the month of August, 1904, when the wife left her 'husband, and went to Hayti, Missouri, taking the child with her. The child was born to these parents on March's,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Morris v. DooleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Willis v. WillisIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
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