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BELL v. LEONARD

Nos. 13764, 13999.

251 F.2d 890 (1958)

Louise Flood BELL et al., Appellants, v. Gwendolyn Hairston LEONARD, Appellee. Alonzo BELL and Louise Virginia Bell, Appellants, v. Gwendolyn Hairston LEONARD, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Josiah Lyman, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Harry E. Taylor, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, FAHY and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee Leonard in No. 13764 successfully sought, through habeas corpus, the control and custody of her 9-year-old daughter, and appellant Louise Bell has appealed from the District Court's order. The trial judge, having permitted vindication of the mother's right, thereafter dismissed a co-pending petition for adoption of the child. Appellants Alonzo Bell and Louise Bell1 in No. 13999 seek review of the order...

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