A Jewish mother went to court to prevent her divorced husband from weaning their 10-year-old son away from her faith by sending him to a Christian Science school.
The mother is Mrs. Clara Mann, of New York City, former wife of Dr. Joseph Mann, a dentist. In Supreme Court she opposed her husband’s application for a writ of habeas corpus for possession of the boy, David, whose custody she won when they were divorced eight years ago in Mexico.
A month ago Mrs. Mann consented to allow her former husband to educate the child, and he was sent to Winnwood school, at Lake Ronkonkomo. When Mrs. Mann discovered it was a Christian Science institution, she brought her son home.
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