SARDO v. VILLAPIANO

No. 6512.

81 F.2d 255 (1935)

SARDO v. VILLAPIANO.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 11, 1935.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ringgold Hart, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Julian I. Richards, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, GRONER, and STEPHENS, Associate Justices.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This case was commenced in the lower court by a petition in habeas corpus filed by Helen Virginia Villapiano, the present appellee, to secure the custody of petitioner's minor child from appellant, who is its paternal grandfather.

The return of appellant to the writ of habeas corpus denied the right of the mother to the custody of the child upon the ground (1) that she had abandoned the child; (2) that the child had no love and affection...

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