Commonwealth v. Tweedy
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 76 and 77, April T., 1920, by James Tweedy and Rebecca J. Tweedy, from order of C. P. Beaver County, March T., 1919, No. 379, on writ of habeas corpus to determine the custody of a minor child in the case of Commonwealth ex rel. Myrtle Tweedy v. John A. Tweedy, Rebecca J. Tweedy and J ames Tweedy. Habeas corpus to determine the custody of a minor child. Before Baldwin, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 76 and 77, April T., 1920, by James Tweedy and Rebecca J. Tweedy, from order of C. P. Beaver County, March T., 1919, No. 379, on writ of habeas corpus to determine the custody of a minor child in the case of Commonwealth ex rel. Myrtle Tweedy v. John A. Tweedy, Rebecca J. Tweedy and J ames Tweedy. Habeas corpus to determine the custody of a minor child. Before Baldwin, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court awarded the custody of the child to her grandmother, Rebecca J. Tweedy, with the provision that she be allowed to visit her mother, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
When these proceedings were begun, the child, Rebecca Jane Tweedy, then nine years old, was in the lawful custody of her father, James Tweedy, who was living with his parents, the other respondents, in Beaver. Her mother, the relator, for no apparent cause had left her husband and child almost two years before and was living with her mother in Beaver Falls. During that *579period she had called to see her child but four times and on two of those occasions missed her because she had given no notice of her coming and the child was away from home. With the full consent of her…
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