Leggett v. Leggett

This cause involves the jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the Second District of Jones County to award the custody of a minor and the right of William IT. Leggett, the appellee, to invoke the jurisdiction of that court for that purpose. The questions arise under these circumstances :

The parties hereto were married in Jones County, Mississippi, October 27,1940, and there lived as man and wife until September 17, 1943, when they separated in that county. Appellant then moved to Hinds County, Mississippi, bringing with her their only child, William Homer Leggett III, then about one year old,…