Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Spratt v. Spratt

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 15, 1921No. 22,541PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Hpon the relation of Ethel Elizabeth Spratt the district court for Hennepin county granted its writ of habeas corpus directed to Charles N. Spratt. The matter was heard by Waite, J., who ordered that the minor children be delivered to relator. From the order restoring the children to relator, defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

Taylor, C.

The relator sued out a writ of habeas corpus from the district court of Hennepin county to recover the temporary custody of Margaret Spratt, Charles Webster Spratt and Cynthia Spratt, minor children of the relator and of the respondent who were then in the custody of the respondent. The court found that the allegations in the petition for the writ were true and ordered that the children 'be delivered to the relator, “to be held in temporary custody in accordance with the amended judgment and decree of this' court duly entered on the 22nd day of June, *61921, in the action of Ethel…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Briggs v. SheaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
  2. State ex rel. Beekley v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  3. Woolfolk v. BrunsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
  4. McClung v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1869

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. United States v. United Air Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Nevada · 1962
  2. Brown-Wilbert, Inc. v. Copeland Buhl & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
  3. Spratt v. SprattSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
  4. Coppedge v. ClintonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
  5. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Richmond Guano Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924

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