Wilkison v. Board of Children's Guardians
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Marion Circuit Court; H. C. Allen, Judge. Proceeding by the Board of Children’s Guardians of Marion County against Martin V. Wilkison to obtain the custody and control of Zola Rankin. Prom a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, C. J.
On the 13th day of October, 1900, the board of children’s guardians filed its verified petition in the circuit court of Marion county, Indiana, whereby it alleged that Zola Rankin, a female child of the age of eleven years, was in the actual control and custody of appellant, Wilkison, who resided in the city of Indianapolis, county and State aforesaid. It was further averred in the petition that the parents of the said girl had abandoned her and that their names were unknown to the petitioner, and that appellant was not related to' her, and bad no legal right to her custody, and that bis…
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