Anderson v. Young
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Laurens, October, 1898. Petition by Sim Anderson, asking for writ of habeas corpus, v. John Young, for possession of his minor children. Writ refused. Petitioner appeals.
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Before Townsend, J., Laurens, October, 1898. Petition by Sim Anderson, asking for writ of habeas corpus, v. John Young, for possession of his minor children. Writ refused. Petitioner appeals. Mr. W. R, Richey, for appellant, cites: unless signed by infant: Rev. Stat., 2206; 5 Strob., 104; 1 N. & McC., 263. Writ of habeas corpus lies at instance of parent or apprentice to release person held as apprentice under void or voided indenture: Cooke, 143; 1 S. & R. (Pa.), 353J 8 Johns, 328; 3 Burr, 1434. If instrument is void as to infant, it is binding on parent: 5 Strob., 104. Infant alone can take…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
Appellant appeals from an order of Judge Townsend, refusing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain the custody of his minor children, one a girl about eight years old, and the other a boy about seven years old. The return of respondent to the writ was as follows: “That he holds in custody and detains the bodies of Mattie Anderson and Sim Anderson, jr., by reason of the following facts: Sim Anderson, sr., the father of the two infants, Mattie Anderson and Sim Anderson, jr., came to live with respondent, John Young, the…
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