Marshall v. Reams

Maury, J.:

Henry Reams in his petition for habeas corjms presented to the Circuit Judge alleged that E. P. Marshall, without lawful authority, held in custody one Edward Reams, a minor, and that petitioner was entitled to the custody and control of said minor. The right, to the custody and control of the minor is based upon the alleged fact that his mother before her death gave him to petitioner, his uncle, as his own child, to raise and educate until he became twentjr-one years old, and that petitioner has raised him from the age of three years up to the time of filing the petition, when he…