Crawford v. Hopper

In 1921 Mrs. Grant Crawford died, leaving surviving her husband, the appellant, and three children, a son about four years old, a little girl just younger and a baby boy about seven weeks old. Immediately after Mrs. Crawford’s death, Mr. and Mrs. Hopper, at the request of the appellant, moved into his home with the understanding that Mrs. Hopper was to take care of his small children, and she and her husband were to have a home. They lived together under this arrangement for a short time when Mrs. Hopper took the baby and went to Missouri. The appellant had Mr. Hopper arrested charged with…