¶1In this case the court being equally divided in opinion as to the judgment that should be entered, the clerk is directed to make an entry to that effect, and the writ is dismissed for that cause, and without any decision upon the rights of the parties, and without prejudice either to any existing right or adjudication or to any future remedy.
56 Mich. 218
Stockman's Case
Decided January 30, 1885
Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1885-01-30
Habeas Corpus. The petitioner for the writ was the father of Lucile, who was a child of five or six, and then in the care of her dead mother’s parents. There was ■ a showing that the character and habits of the father unfitted him for the custody of the child, and that the respondent grandparents were able and disposed to bring her up properly.
Decided 1885-01-30