PERAZA v. TOVAR

Gen. No. 47,031.

13 Ill. App.2d 405 (1957)

142 N.E.2d 165

Hector Peraza, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Manuel Tovar and Elsie Tovar, Respondents-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Released for publication May 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore, Ming & Leighton, Thaddeus B. Rowe, all of Chicago (Thaddeus B. Rowe, of Chicago, of counsel) for respondents-appellants.

Henry J. Hyde, of Chicago, for petitioner-appellee.


PRESIDING JUSTICE NIEMEYER delivered the opinion of the court.

Respondents, grandparents of Hector Manuel Peraza, Jr., born June 17, 1951, appeal from a judgment order in a habeas corpus proceeding awarding custody of the child to his father, petitioner, and to Rachel Peraza, wife of petitioner.

The mother of the child is the daughter of respondents. She died December 24, 1951. The child was in the custody of respondents from a few weeks after his birth to...

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