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        "text": "Stacy, C. J.\nThe appropriateness of habeas corpus to determine the present rightful custody of Jo Anna Young is challenged on two grounds :\nFirst, because the petitioners have shown no authority to make the application on behalf of Hall Young.\nSecondly, even if such authority exists, Hall Young himself would he estopped by the divorce proceeding in Virginia to assert his fatherhood of Jo Anna Young, a necessary averment to support the writ.\nIt is provided by C. S'., 2241, that habeas corpus may be used to decide a contest \u201cbetween any husband and wife, who are living in a state of separation, without being divorced, in respect to the custody of their children.\u201d It is not available as between other parties, nor as between divorced parents. In re Gibson, ante, 350; In re Ogden, 211 N. C., 100, 189 S. E., 119.\n\u201cThe object of the writ of habeas corpus is to free from illegal restraint. When there is none, the writ cannot be used to decide a contest as to the right custody of a child (except when the contest is between the parents of the child. Revisal, sec. 1853). ... In short, the writ of habeas corpus cannot be used as a claim and delivery of the person\u201d\u2014 Clark, C. J., in In re Parker, 144 N. C., 170, 56 S. E., 878. And in tbe same case, Hoke, J., in a concurring opinion, says: \u201cSection 1853, Revisal (now C. S., 2241), was enacted to enable the court to make proper regulations as to the care and custody of children as between husband and wife who are living in a state of separation without being divorced. It seems to be confined to such cases.\u201d\nIn a contest between Hall Young and Mildred Clayton Young over the custody of Jo Anna Young, Hall Young would be ill no position to assert that the infant is \u201ctheir child,\u201d so as to bring it within the terms of the statute. In a former action instituted by him and on his own testimony it was adjudged that he was not the father of Jo Anna Young. Having invoked the Virginia Court to try the issue in an action for divorce, it is but meet that as against the rights of the respondent he should be estopped to say otherwise in any subsequent action or judicial proceeding. Distributing Co. v. Carraway, 196 N. C., 58, 144 S. E., 535; McIntyre v. McIntyre, 211 N. C., 698, 191 S. E., 507. As between Hall Young and Mildred Clayton Young, \u201chis mouth is shut, and he shall not say that is not true which he had before in a solemn manner asserted to be true.\u201d Armfield, v. Moore, 44 N. C., 157; Yerys v. Ins. Co., 210 N. C., 442, 187 S. E., 583; Crawford v. Crawford, 214 N. C., 614, 200 S. E., 421. A judgment regularly entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, however erroneous, so long as it stands, operates as an estoppel upon the party instituting the action. Cameron v. McDonald, 216 N. C., 712, 6 S. E. (2d), 497; McIntyre v. McIntyre, supra.\nThere was error in entertaining the application for habeas corpus. The order entered on the writ will be vacated and the petition dismissed.\nError and remanded.",
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        "author": "Stacy, C. J."
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      "J. V. Bowers for petitioners, appellees. \u25a0",
      "M. Anderson Maxey and Charles Hughes for respondent, appellant."
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    "head_matter": "In re JO ANNA YOUNG.\n(Filed 17 March, 1943.)\n1. Habeas Corpus \u00a7 3\u2014\nHabeas corpus may be used to decide a contest between husband and wife, who are living in a state of separation without being divorced, in respect to the custody of their children. It is not available as between other parties, nor as between divorced parents. O. S., 2241.\n2. Judgments \u00a7 29: Estoppel \u00a7 4\u2014\nA judgment regularly entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, however erroneous, so long as it stands, operates as an estoppel against the party instituting the action.\nAppeal by respondent, Mildred Clayton Young, from Alley, J., in Chambers at Wilkesboro, 18 December, 1942. From Aveby.\nPetition for writ of habeas corpus to determine the custody of Jo Anna Young, alleged infant daughter of Hall Young and Mildred Clayton Young.\nThe facts are these:\n1. On 8 April, 1941, Hall Young and the respondent herein, Mildred Clayton Young, were duly married.\n2. Thereafter, on 11 June, 1941, in the Circuit Court of Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Hall Young instituted an. action for divorce against bis wife, alleging tbat at tbe time of their marriage \u201cthe said Mildred Clayton Young was, without the knowledge of your complainant, with child by some person other than your complainant.\u201d\n3. On 20 June, 1941, Jo Anna Young, the subject of this controversy, was born.\n4. On 25 July, .1941, a decree was entered in the above mentioned divorce action dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties on the ground that Hall Young was not the father of Jo Anna Young.\n5. Thereafter, on 1 March, 1942, Hall Young and Mildred Clayton Young were again duly married. They are now living in a state of separation, without being divorced.\n6. The application here is by the alleged paternal grandparents of the infant \u201cbrought by them on behalf of said father, Hall Young.\u201d\n7. The infant in controversy is now in the custody of the petitioners, and has been since about the middle of October, 1942, \u25a0 when she was placed with them by Hall Young. The petitioners\u2019 son, Hall Young, was inducted' into the United States Army Air Corps on 26 October, 1942, and is still in the military service.\nFrom judgment awarding the custody of Jo Anna Young to the petitioners, until the further orders of the court, the respondent appeals, assigning errors.\nJ. V. Bowers for petitioners, appellees. \u25a0\nM. Anderson Maxey and Charles Hughes for respondent, appellant."
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