State ex rel. Collier v. Bell
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Shackleford, J., entered September 7, 1909, upon findings in favor of the petitioner, in habeas corpus proceedings by a father to obtain possession of his minor son, after a hearing on the merits.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding, prosecuted by the petitioner to procure the possession of his son, a child ten years of age. The trial court, after a hearing upon the merits, found that the petitioner, the father, was a fit and proper person to have the care and custody of the child, and entered a judgment directing the appellant to deliver the child to him. From this judgment, the appellant prosecutes this appeal.
The material facts presented by the record are, that the petitioner’s first wife, a daughter of the appellant, died in childbirth in 1900, leaving four children, the youngest an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Lovell v. House of Good ShepherdWashington Supreme Court · 1894
- Lovell v. House of the Good ShepherdWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- Carey v. HertelWashington Supreme Court · 1905
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