Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1830

Commonwealth v. Hammond

Commonwealth v. Hammond
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1830
27 Mass. 274

Commonwealth v. Hammond

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

We do not think proper to decide upon the relative rights of tire mother and the guardian in respect to the custody of the child, as they are only incidentally drawn in *280question The application is to the discretion of the Court, and the Court will not interfere where the liberty of the party is not injuriously or unwarrantably infringed. That is not the case in the present instance ; and the order of the Court therefore is, that the child be at liberty to remain in the charge of the respondent, or to go at large, as she may elect.

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