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GRIGGS v. VENERABLE SISTER MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

No. 28261.

238 S.W.2d 8 (1951)

GRIGGS v. VENERABLE SISTER MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

As Modified April 20, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil Block, St. Louis, for petitioner. E. L. Dowd, Circuit Atty., Gilbert Weiss, St. Louis, for respondent.

HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an original proceeding under the Habeas Corpus Act commenced by the mother of Ada Mae Griggs, a 13 year old child, seeking her release from the Convent of the Good Shepherd in St. Louis.

Our writ issued on the same day the petition was filed. In due course the child was produced in court, a return to the writ was filed by the respondent Venerable Sister Mary Help of Christians, Superintendent of the Convent, and the petitioner...

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