CHISOLM v. CROOK

7 Div. 515.

130 So.2d 191 (1961)

Henry Lawrence CHISOLM et ux. v. Heaton CROOK, as Head of State Department of Pensions and Security of Calhoun County.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 18, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burnham & Klinefelter, Anniston, for appellants.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Julius Cage, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal must be dismissed on the ground that the question has become moot. The appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court of Calhoun County, in Equity, denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Chisolm, against the Department of Pensions and Security to obtain custody of a three months old child, Kenneth Allen Freeman. We do not approve of this procedure. However, the point that habeas corpus...

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