Coffee v. Black
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Lynchburg, rendered 14th May, 1885, upon proceedings by writ of habeas corpus sued out by Daniel A. Black against W. W. Coffee and Sarah E. Coffee, his wife, whereby it was decided that “ Mary E. Black is illegally detained in the custody of the said defendants,” and it was ordered that “ they do deliver up to the plaintiff his infant child, the said Mary E. Black.”
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Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Lynchburg, rendered 14th May, 1885, upon proceedings by writ of habeas corpus sued out by Daniel A. Black against W. W. Coffee and Sarah E. Coffee, his wife, whereby it was decided that “ Mary E. Black is illegally detained in the custody of the said defendants,” and it was ordered that “ they do deliver up to the plaintiff his infant child, the said Mary E. Black.” From this judgment Coffee and wife obtained a writ of error and supersedeas from one of the judges of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
In December, 1882, D. A. Black and his wife, the wife being then ill of a disease of which she died January 15, 1883, delivered over their infant child Mary to the appellants, as is claimed by them, to be by them adopted and cared for as their own, they being childless, and Mrs. Coffee being the sister of Mrs. Black, where the child has remained ever since.
This infant, who is the subject of this controversy, was, at the time of the transfer, three years old, and is now about seven years old. The child has been well and tenderly cared for by her aunt and her husband, and is contented and…
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