Legal Opinion
Smith v. Fairhurst
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1921No. 16547PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Dykeman, J., entered February 21, 1921, denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus to secure the custody of a child.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
— In 1919, the petitioner’s wife, who was the daughter of the respondents, died, leaving a *2baby girl, then of tbe age of fourteen months. The petitioner and his child continued to live with the respondents, who are elderly people, and on December 18, 1919, this agreement was entered into:
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“Now, therefore, the parties hereto agree as follows, to-wit:
“The first party agrees that the second party shall during the life of the second party act as guardian of said minor child, Marian Julia May Smith, and that said minor child shall at all times live with and be cared for by second party…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Delle v. DelleWashington Supreme Court · 1920
3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re DayWashington Supreme Court · 1937
- Frederickson v. BeckerWashington Supreme Court · 1976
- Moore v. BurdmanWashington Supreme Court · 1974
- Penney v. PenneyWashington Supreme Court · 1929
- In RE SCHREIFELS v. SchreifelsWashington Supreme Court · 1955
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