Ileana A. Celis, Et Al. Vs. Soledad Cafuir, Et Al. 086 Phil 554

ILEANA A. CELIS ET AL., petitioners-appellees, vs. SOLEDAD CAFUIR ET AL., respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. L-3352 | 1950-06-12

D E C I S I O N

MONTEMAYOR, J.:

This is an appeal taken by the respondents, Soledad Cafuir and Jose Simeon, supposedly her husband, from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila in a habeas corpus case granting the petition for a writ of Habeas Corpus and ordering the Sheriff of Manila who then had custody of the boy, Joel Cafuir (John Cafuir) to deliver said child to its mother, petitioner Ileana A. Celis. The appeal involving as it does only questions of law, we accept the findings of fact made by the trial court. The facts are few and quite simple and may be stated briefly as follows:

On July 10, 1946, petitioner, Ileana...