Harris, Et Ux. v. Souder, Supt., Etc.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Hendricks Circuit Court for the appellees, who were defendants to a complaint for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellants’ motion for a new trial, which charged that the finding was not sustained by sufficient evidence and was contrary to law, was overruled, and this ruling is here assigned as error.

The complaint for the writ charged that appellants were the father and mother of Exel Harris, 1 aged 16 years, and were entitled to his custody; that said son was illegally restrained by the Superintendent and Trustees of the Indiana Boys’ School by reason of a…