State Ex Rel. Bentley v. Frenger

The relator, Bentley, commenced this habeas corpus proceeding in the superior court for Spokane county seeking to be awarded the custody of a male minor child in the custody of the defendant, Frenger. This controversy is over the paternal parentage of the child, Bentley and Frenger each claiming to be the father of the child. A trial of the cause upon the merits in the superior court resulted in findings and judgment awarding the custody of the child to Frenger, and denying the relief prayed for by Bentley, from which judgment Bentley has appealed to this court.

On October 13, 1917, Frenger…