Case Name: STATE EX REL. MENDEL SILVER AND ANOTHER v. MIKE SILVER AND ANOTHER
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1925-01-16
Citations: 161 Minn. 532
Docket Number: No. 24,499
Parties: STATE EX REL. MENDEL SILVER AND ANOTHER v. MIKE SILVER AND ANOTHER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 161
Pages: 532–532

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. MENDEL SILVER AND ANOTHER v. MIKE SILVER AND ANOTHER.
January 16, 1925.
No. 24,499.
Minor daughter awarded to custody of her father and mother. [Reporter.!
Upon the relation of Mendel Silver and another the district court for Hennepin county granted its writ of habeas corpus directed to Mike Silver and another. The matter was heard by Waite, J., who awarded the custody of the child to relators. Respondents appealed.
Affirmed.
Donald M. Davis and W. T. Coe, for appellants.
Joseph Kaminer, for respondents.
Reported in 201 N. W. 631.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is a proceeding, by habeas corpus, instituted by Mendel Silver and Ethel Silver, husband and wife and natural parents of Mary Jane Silver, now of the age of about 6 years, against Mike Silver and Florence Silver, his wife, over the custody of said minor child.
This matter came before the district court of Hennepin county, upon the petition of the parents, and the child was awarded to their custody. The matter comes to this court by appeal. A referee was appointed who duly took and reported the testimony offered. Having heard the respective parties, through their counsel, and having considered the evidence so taken and reported, and being of the opinion that the welfare of said minor child will be best served by restoring her to the custody of her father and mother, who are fit and proper persons to have her custody and care, and that, as a matter of law, they are entitled to her custody and care,
It is ordered that the custody and care of said Mary Jane Silver, a minor of the age of about 6 years, be and is hereby awarded to the respondents, Mendel Silver and Ethel Silver, her natural father and mother.