Bennett v. Schaffer

Mobley, Presiding Justice.

The plaintiffs, maternal grandparents of an infant child, filed their petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging that the defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schaffer, came into possession of the child illegally from the parents of the child, and that the plaintiffs, as maternal grandparents, are entitled to custody and control of the child.

The trial court, after hearing, determined that the grandparents had shown no right to have custody of the child, and dismissed the petition. The appeal is from that judgment.

The evidence showed that the parents of the child signed a…