Wood v. Lee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In a habeas corpus proceeding it was determined that the petitioner, Mrs. Opal Wood, was entitled to the custody of her child, Vivian, as against the claims of the respondents, Barney T. Lee and his wife. The Lees appeal.

They insist the child was in fact abandoned, was placed in their custody to be kept as their own, and that the welfare of the child requires that its custody be awarded to them. On May 27, 1924, Opal Johnson, then unmarried and about sixteen years of age, gave birth to Vivian, in the Salvation Army hospital at Wichita.…