Moody v. Pike

Duckworth, Justice.

1. Where habeas-corpus proceedings were brought by the father of a two-year-old child against the sister of his deceased wife, who was alleged to be illegally detaining the child, and the respondent defended on the grounds, (a) that the father was not financially able to care for the child and not a fit and suitable person for its custody, (b) that he had lost his parental control by reason of his abandonment of the child and his failure to provide the necessaries of life for it, and (e) that he had allowed the respondent to take the child to her home upon the death of its…