Lynch v. Poe

This is an action for writ of habeas corpus, commenced in the district court of Kiowa county by Thomas M. Lynch against O. C. Poe and his wife. Lynch alleged in his petition that defendants illegally restrained of her liberty his daughter, Velma L. Lynch, a minor 11 years of age, and the object of the suit was to determine the right to her custody as between plaintiff and defendants. Upon return of the writ, the court heard evidence as to the issues joined, and held defendants to be entitled to the custody of the child as “agents” of its mother, and awarded her custody accordingly, to all of…