State ex rel. Davenport v. Poindexter
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court November 22, 1906, for a writ of habeas corpus to secure the custody of minor children, pending an appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Poindexter, J., awarding such custody to their mother.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
-This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus directing and commanding the above-named respondent to deliver, or to direct the delivery of, the possession, custody and control of Roy Elliott Pierce and John Edgar Pierce, two minors, to the above-named relators.
The material facts are substantially these: Relators were awarded the custody of said children by virtue of certain adoption proceedings, which are claimed by the mother of said children to have been fraudulent and invalid. Said mother instituted habeas corpus proceedings before the above-named respondent to recover the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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