DURST v. ROACH

No. 48364.

62 N.W.2d 159 (1954)

DURST v. ROACH et al.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 12, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Hall, Des Moines, for appellants.

Hammer & Matthias, Newton, for appellee.


BLISS, Chief Justice.

I. The principles of law involved in this case are well established, and the parties are not in controversy over them. For the most part, there was little dispute about the facts. Trial was had in the district court as in equity, and it is reviewed here de novo. We stated in Barnett v. Blakley, 202 Iowa 1, 5, 209 N.W. 412, 414: "As now used and recognized, in cases involving the custody of children, the writ of habeas corpus operates to invoke...

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