Davis v. Hadox

Given, Judge:

The petition of Maxine Marion Sayre Davis, filed in the Circuit Court of Marion County, against Jack L. Hadox and Dorothy Hadox, husband and wife, prayed that a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum be directed to defendants, requiring them to deliver custody of an infant daughter of petitioner, Donna Lee Sayre, to petitioner. The trial court, after considering evidence adduced by the parties, awarded custody of the child to petitioner.

The child was born July 12, 1952, out of wedlock, in a foundling home in Pittsburgh. After eleven days, the home, with the understanding of the…