KIRK v. KIRK

No. 8921.

150 F.2d 589 (1945)

KIRK v. KIRK.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia

Decided June 25, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Abraham Chaifetz, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Ray L. Jenkins, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MILLER, EDGERTON, and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal by a mother from an order granting a writ of habeas corpus which directs her to deliver her three year old son to appellee, the boy's paternal grandmother.

Thorne Kirk and appellant Helen Anna Cheatham Kirk, both of whom were residents of Parkersburg, West Virginia, were married in 1939. Their son was born in November, 1941. For reasons which do not appear, the husband never worked long at any one job and the...

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