Jones v. Moore

On May 7, 1920, the plaintiff filed his petition in the district court of Summit county for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain the custody of his infant child. He alleged in his petition that said child was restrained of its liberty by the defendants, setting forth in detail the facts in that regard. A writ of habeas corpus was duly issued, to which the defendants made return in the form of an answer, in which *385they also set forth the facts respecting their custody of the child.

A trial to the court resulted in findings of fact and conclusions of law in favor of the defendants. Pursuant to the…