Fletcher v. Hickman

BeanNon, President:

This case involves no difficult principles of law; but it does involve one of the saddest and most trying duties of the many sad and trying duties which fall upon judges. It is a contest between the father of two little children and the mother of their dead mother for their possession. Samuel G. Fletcher and Virginia, his wife, nee Hickman, were married on the 30th of December, 1891. They had three children, Curtis L., Lora and *245Loring, the last two being twins. In July3 1899, the wife died. Shortly after her death these two children were committed to the custody of their…