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Smith v. Bruner and Bruner

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jan 14, 1942
312 Ill. App. 658 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)

Opinion

Gen. No. 9,731. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed January 14, 1942

PARENT AND CHILD, § 3custody of child. In a habeas corpus proceeding brought by the surviving parent to recover custody of his child, held, a parent has the right to the custody of his child as against the world where it appears he is a competent person to have such custody and it does not appear that the welfare of the child demands that its custody should be elsewhere than with its father.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from Circuit Court of Ogle county; Hon. LEON A. ZICK, presiding.

Reversed and remanded with directions. Heard in this court at October term, 1941.

C.A. Pedderson and Lisle W. Menzimer, for appellant;

Frank A. Kerr, for appellees.


"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed January 14, 1942.


Summaries of

Smith v. Bruner and Bruner

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jan 14, 1942
312 Ill. App. 658 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)
Case details for

Smith v. Bruner and Bruner

Case Details

Full title:Lloyd Smith, Appellant, v. Helen Bruner and Nelson Bruner, Appellees

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Jan 14, 1942

Citations

312 Ill. App. 658 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)
39 N.E.2d 67

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