Anderson v. Cossey
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Wichita County; Edgar Scurry, Judge. Petition for habeas corpus by Mrs. E. T. Anderson against Mrs. Mary Cossey to obtain the custody of a minor of tender years. Erom a judgment dismissing the writ, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
Appellant, Mrs. E. T. Anderson, presented to the judge of the Seventy-Eighth judicial district her petition for writ of ha-beas corpus, alleging that her grandson, Ray N. Anderson, Jr., was a minor of tender years and that said minor was being illegally restrained of his liberty by Mrs. Mary Cossey, who appears to be the maternal grandmother of said child. She alleged that the father of said child was in the United States army, serving in Prance, and thus out of the state and the United States, and that the father had waived in favor of petitioner his right to act as the guardian of said…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Legate v. LegateTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Ex Parte Will ReevesTexas Supreme Court · 1907
- Hall v. WhippleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Estes v. PresswoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Patton v. ShapiroCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
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