Hayes v. Strauss

This is a habeas corpus proceeding brought to determine the proper custody of William Stevenson Hayes, a bastard colored infant, born January 9, 1926. Its mother, Carl sett a- Hayes, died November 18, 1926. After her death Charlotte Hayes, the mother of Carlsetta, because of temporary conditions, consented that Scott Strauss and his-wife, Kate, father and mother of the petitioner, might take and keep the child until the following spring. This they did. In June following the grandmother applied to Judge Cambios, of the juvenile and domestic relations court, for authority to take their child…