In Re Hunter

Ruby Hunter, the petitioner herein, was adjudged a ward of the juvenile court in and for the county of Butte, in the month of December, 1919, and by such order her status as such ward was fixed until she should attain the age of twenty-one years, or until sooner discharged by the court.

Thereafter, on February 7, 1920, the said court, exercising its jurisdiction over said ward, committed her to the Boys’ and Girls’ Industrial Home at Lytton Springs, in the county of Sonoma, state of California, said home being conducted by and under the management of the Salvation Army. A limit was likewise placed in said commitment, stating that said ward should remain in said Industrial Home until she should attain the age of twenty-one years, or until the further order of said juvenile court.

An attack was made against these proceedings on habeas corpus, but the proceedings were duly upheld by the appellate court for the third district on January 19, 1920 (Application of Hunter for Writ of Habeas Corpus, 45 Cal. App. 505 , [ 188 Pac. 63 ]).

While said ward was in the custody of the authorities of said Industrial Home, a petition was signed and filed by the superintendent of said Industrial…