Richards v. Matteson

Citations

• 8 S.D. 77
• 65 N.W. 428
• 1895 S.D. LEXIS 12

Syllabus

<p>1. Inquiry upon habeas corpus is limited to the grounds enumerated in Section 7841 of the Compiled Laws.</p> <p>2. Where a want of jurisdiction does not expressly or by necessary implication appear, the jurisdiction of a court of record to make an order relating to a subject over which it has general original jurisdiction will be presumed.</p> <p>3. When, in a proper proceeding under the statute, it reasonably appears to the satisfaction of the judge of the .county court that for a period of one year a mother has abandoned her illegitimate child, an order of adoption may be made without the consent and against the objection of such mother.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.</p>