Wakefield v. Thorp

EAGER, J.-

[469] This is a proceeding in habeas corpus instituted in the St. Louis Court of Appeals by a father to obtain possession of his minor daughter. The minor was then in the possession of respondents. The Court of Appeals issued the writ and, after hearing the matter on the pleadings, briefs and arguments, ordered that the custody and possession of the child be awarded to petitioner. On application of respondents this court ordered the cause transferred here pursuant to § 10, Art. V of the Missouri Constitution, 1945. The case is, therefore, here as though it were an original…