Hummel v. Parrish
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Second District; Hon. N. J. Harris, Judge. Application by Catherine Lambing Hummel for a wri,t of habeas corpus against Samuel J. Parrish and Caddie K. Parrish to obtain the custody of her minor child. Prom an order awarding the custody of the child to the defendants, plaintiff appeals. APPELLANT'S POINTS.
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Appeal from District Court, Second District; Hon. N. J. Harris, Judge. Application by Catherine Lambing Hummel for a wri,t of habeas corpus against Samuel J. Parrish and Caddie K. Parrish to obtain the custody of her minor child. Prom an order awarding the custody of the child to the defendants, plaintiff appeals. APPELLANT'S POINTS. The presumption is that the parent is a fit and suitable person to be entrusted with the care of his children and that the interests and welfare of said children are best subserved when under such care and control. (Wilson v. Mitchell, 111 Pac. 23, 30 L. It. A.…
1Opinion of the Court
McOARTY, C. L
(after stating tbe facts as above).
1 Samuel J. Parrish is a farmer and is tbe owner of a valuable farm and a good home in Centerville. Tbe evidence shows and tbe court found tbat “tbe Parrishes are-well-to-do people, cultured and refined, capable in every way of rearing and taking care of tbe child in tbe very best manner and providing it with an ideal home. They are people of middle age (Samuel J. being fifty-six and Caddie R. Parrish fifty-three years of age), have no children at home of their own, and have become very much attached to tbe child, more so than its real mother,…
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