State Department of Public Assistance v. Pettrey

Given, Judge:

In this original proceeding in habeas corpus, the State Department of Public Assistance prays that a writ be issued directing that defendants, William J. Pettrey and Elva Pettrey, deliver custody of an infant, Charles Anthony Jackson, to petitioner.

The infant was born March 23, 1955, at a sanitarium in West Virginia. The mother, an unmarried woman, at the time of the birth, was over twenty one years of age and a citizen of another state. On April 5, 1955, the mother executed and acknowledged, as deeds are required to be acknowledged by the laws of this State, and delivered unto…