State ex rel. Shutt v. Shutt

The father and mother of defendant are relators in this habeas corpus proceeding, the object of which is to recover possession of defendant’s 8- year old son. They allege that the child was given to them permanently by defendant in infancy, and that he has remained with them ever since; < that 13 days before the filing of this suit defendant secured possession of the child on the pretense of desiring to buy him *219some clothes; that defendant and the mother of the child have been divorced, and that defendant recently remarried, and is not in a position to give the child proper care.

Two days…