Beatty v. Davenport
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Poindexter, J., entered November 3, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to recover the possession of two children.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
Respondent was awarded the custody of two minor children by habeas corpus proceedings. This appeal is from final judgment therein. The material conceded facts are as follows: On March 30, 1905, the respondent was, by decree of the superior court of Whitman county, divorced from her husband, R. J. Pierce. By that decree she was awarded th,e care and custody of her infant children. On the day following the decree her divorced husband, R. J. Pierce, fled the state, taking with him one of these children. A few months later respondent located Mr. Pierce in the state of New York. She attempted to…
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