Beavers v. Williams

Atkinson, Justice.

This is the second appearance of this case in the Supreme Court. Mrs. Hattie Beavers as guardian of Donald Pierce Wilbanks, an orphan four years of age, brought habeascorpus proceedings against Mrs. Victoria Williams, seeking custody of the child. The petitioner was a niece of the child’s father, and the respondent was the maternal grandmother.

After hearing evidence the judge awarded custody to the respondent, and the guardian excepted. This court said: “A guardian of the person and property of a minor orphan is entitled to the custody of the ward. On a habeas-corpus…