Estridge v. Taylor

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Latimer

Reversing.

This is another of the distressing fights for the care and custody of infant children.

John Estridge, appellant in one of the consolidated cases, appellee in the other, and Louise Estridge were married in 1939. Two children, Linda Sue, and John Estridge, Jr., were born to this union. In 1945, Louise, mother of the children, died. The father, John Estridge, left the children with the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Bessie Taylor, where they have remained until the time of these actions, excepting the elder child, Linda Sue, who is now past 8 years of…