Lowery v. Fayette County Children's Bureau

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Appellant, Paul Lowery, by habeas corpus proceedings, sought the custody of his three children, Mary Emma, aged 8, Paul 6, and Carl C., 5. In his petition filed in the circuit court he alleged that the children .were placed in the custody of a parental home by some proceeding begun and had in the Fayette County Juvenile Court by the mother without his knowledge or consent. That their detention by respondents was without authority of law, and they were being unlawfully detained and imprisoned either in the Children’s Home or by Margaret…