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BRANHAM v. RAINES

167 S.E.2d 355 (1969)

207 Va. 702

Raymond BRANHAM v. Jean Branham RAINES.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. H. Sutherland, Clintwood (George C. Sutherland, Clintwood, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

William J. Sturgill, Norton (Greear, Bowen, Mullins & Winston, Norton, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, and HARRISON, JJ.

EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

On March 2, 1967 Raymond Branham filed in the Circuit Court of Dickenson County a petition for a writ of habeas corpus praying that the respondent, Jean Branham Raines, be required to produce in court Romona Branham, their seven-year-old daughter, whose custody, he said, had been awarded to him by an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Morrow County, Ohio. The petition alleged that on or about December 25, 1966 the child had been permitted...

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