In Re Gordon

Ann Elsie Gordon, on behalf of herself and her husband, who was unable to be present for the reason that he was serving in the army of the United States in a distant city, filed a petition in the superior court for Spokane county alleging that the chief probation officer of the juvenile court for Spokane county was wrongfully detaining their minor daughter and unlawfully depriving the parents of her custody. Pursuant to the prayer of the parents’ application therefor, a writ of habeas corpus issued requiring the probation officer to show the cause of his detention of the body of the minor…