Barnett v. Harvel

SIMPSON, Justice.

Petitioner, a young mother seventeen years of age, instituted proceedings of habeas . corpus before the judge of the Morgan County Court, in equity, to recover the custody of her infant daughter from the appellees, Mr. and Mrs. Harvel. Upon consideration of the cause and after hearing the testimony offered orally, the trial judge denied the petition and from that decree the appeal is prosecuted.

A short recital of the evidence will suffice to illustrate the soundness of the decree. The child is now about three and a half years old and has resided with the Harvels since May,…