Barry v. Reeves

This action is brought in habeas corpus, to determine the question of the custody of a minor child. For convenience, we refer to the mother of the child as the appellee. The boy, Robert, whose custody is involved in this action, was born on the 8th day of January, 1914. At that time, the appellee was about sixteen years of age. The child was illegiti mate, and the record fails to disclose who his,.father was, The child was bom at the home of the appellee’s parents.1 It appears that, about four or five o ’clock in the afternoon of the day the child was born, a nurse called upon the appellant,…