LOPEZ v. SMITH

No. 19707.

360 P.2d 967 (1961)

Tony E. LOPEZ and Loyola Lopez, Complainants, v. Maurice T. SMITH, Acting County Judge in and for the County of Conejos, State of Colorado, and Sara T. Lopez, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

April 10, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis R. Salazar, Denver, for complainants.

Henry Blickhahn, Alamosa, for respondents.


DOYLE, Justice.

The petition herein by Tony E. and Loyola Lopez seeks the issuance of an original writ of prohibition against the County Court of Conejos County in respect to hearing and determination of a writ of habeas corpus filed in that court in aid of adoption proceedings.

At issue in the County Court of Conejos County is the custody of Mary Rachael Lopez. The habeas corpus petition filed in the County Court of Conejos County in June, 1960, alleges that...

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