Green v. Campbell
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 2 Laws. It. & R. §816 etseq.; 5 Waite Ac. & Def. 41-43; 76 Ga. 479; 14 R. I. 62; 9 W. Va. 600, 614; 43 Am. Rep. 768. cited 16 Pick. 203; 5 Binn. 520; 6 How. 406; 2 Sto. 981; 8 Johns. 328; Hurd Hab. Corp. 528; 82 Va. 570 ; Id. 433.
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, Judge :
This was a writ of habeas corpus sued out of the Circuit Court of Monroe county on the 18th day of August, 1890, on petition of Robert Green, the father, against James A. Campbell, the grandfather, to compel the latter to give up to the father the custody of Green’s infant son, Thomas Campbell Green, then three and a half years old, as unlawfully detained by the grandfather. The Circuit Court, having heard the evidence of witnesses and the argument of counsel, was of opinion that the infant was not unlaw*700fully detained by the grandfather, but, on the contrary, that he was entitled…
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