Review of the D'Hauteville Case:recently argued and determined in the Court of General Sessions for the city and county of Philadelphia

by Pelleg W. Chandler

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44pp. 8vo. removed. Item #371457 Ellen Sear, a U.s. citrizen, married a Swiss aristocrat, Gonsalve d'Hauteville in 1837, but retur=ned to the United States before their son Frederick was born. In 1840 Hauteville sued for ciustody of the child, but the court ruled that the best intersts of the child should determine the custodial parent, awarding custody to the mother.The article disagrres with the ruling and is reprinted from the Law

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