Tripp v. Brawley

261 S.W.2d 508 (1953)

TRIPP et al.

v.

BRAWLEY et al.

No. 7254.

Springfield Court of Appeals. Missouri.

October 5, 1953.

Donald V. McKee, St. Louis, for petitioner.

C. M. Buford, Ellington, Elmer E. Walter, St. Louis, for respondents.

McDOWELL, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus instituted by Anna Omega Coke to obtain custody of her minor child, Donna Sue Tripp.

The pertinent facts are undisputed. Petitioner was married to James Tripp in April, 1950. Donna Sue Tripp was born to this marriage, at the home of respondents, March 5, 1951. After the birth of this child, James Tripp was…