State Ex Rel. Harris v. McCall

The relator, Charles N. Harris, a resident of Mobile, Ala., sued out a writ of habeas corpus in the Twenty-Fourth judicial district court for the parish of Jefferson to obtain possession of his alleged minor daughter. The respondents •are Mr. and Mrs. S. J. McCall, of Iiarahan, La. After hearing the parties, the judge of the district court made the writ of habeas corpus peremptory and ordered that the child in dispute be delivered to relator. Respondents have appealed from the judgment.

The record discloses that in the year 1929 the relator met Alice Melancon, divorced wife of William A.…