Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Bowdry v. Bowdry
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 23, 1944No. Gen. No. 43,101PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Niemeyer
delivered the opinion of the court.
Relator appeals from an order entered November 26, 1943 dismissing her petition for a writ of habeas corpus to determine the custody of her child, Doloris Ann Bowdry, about five years of age, then in the custody of the respondents, Gracey S. Pollard and Mary Pollard, his wife, under a decree of adoption entered in the county court of Cook county July 22, 1942 with the consent of Matthew Bowdry, father of the child.
The abstract of record not being in the form required by our rules, it has been necessary to refer to the record,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Watts v. DullIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Burns v. CurranIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
- MacKenzie v. MacKenzieIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- People ex rel. Rea v. Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Ekendahl v. TopolAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Adoption of Strauser Ex Rel. Lucas v. StrauserWyoming Supreme Court · 1948
- In Re Adoption of WalpoleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955
- Hill v. AllabaughAppellate Court of Illinois · 1948
- Miller v. MillerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
- Stalder v. StoneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1951
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