SANDS v. DONGE

No. 40,502

181 Kan. 325 (1957)

311 P.2d 321

DONALD SANDS and SAM A. CROW on behalf of Cordelia E. Davis, Appellants, v. DONNA VAN DONGE and HARRY LANNING, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam A. Crow, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Edward Rooney (Deceased), Jacob A. Dickinson, David Prager and William W. Dimmitt, Jr., of Topeka, and Don G. Sands, of Holton, were with him on the briefs for appellants.

John D. Cunningham, of Seneca, argued the cause, and Harry A. Lanning and William M. Drumm, of Seneca, were with him on the briefs for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

The question presented is whether the petition for a writ of habeas corpus states a cause of action entitling the petitioner to a discharge from the custody of her daughter, with whom she is living, and from the duly appointed guardian of her person and estate.

The record discloses the following: The petitioner, Cordelia E. Davis, was adjudged incompetent...

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