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STATE v. McCLANE

No. 6269.

256 S.W.2d 955 (1953)

STATE ex rel. OBRECHT et ux. v. McCLANE et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

January 19, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper & Finney, Amarillo (Robert L. Sinclair, Amarillo, of counsel), for appellants.

McCarthy, Snodgrass & Haynes, Amarillo, for appellees.

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a habeas corpus action involving the custody of a minor child born on August 20, 1949. Relator, David F. Obrecht, joined by his wife, the child's mother, Helen McClane Ashlock Obrecht, filed this action against his wife's mother, Mrs. Adona McClane, alleging the said respondent was unlawfully detaining the child and sought its custody. Respondent, Mrs. Adona McClane, joined by her husband Fletcher McClane, answered seeking custody of...

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