Brown v. Brown
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. A. O. Lane. Petition for habeas corpus for the custody of an infant child brought by W. A. Brown, the paternal grandfather, against Mataline Brown, the mother. From a judgment denying relief the petitioner appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. A. O. Lane. Petition for habeas corpus for the custody of an infant child brought by W. A. Brown, the paternal grandfather, against Mataline Brown, the mother. From a judgment denying relief the petitioner appeals. On the question of apprenticeship the power to attack it and evidence of it, counsel cites. — Brinster v. Compton, 68 Ala. 29; Cochran v. The State, 46 Ala. 714; Oiwen v. The State, 48 Ala. 328; Secs. 2907 and 3983, Code 1907. There is no absolute right either in the father qr mother as to the custody of a minor child, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, J.
The petition for habeas corpus filed in this case by W. A. Brown seeks to recover the possession or custody of a minor child about 3 1-2 years of age, Eugene Brown, Jr., by name, who is in the custody of his mother, Mataline Brown; the petitioner being a paternal grandparent of the child.
The petition was denied by the judge of the circuit court of Jefferson county, by whom it was heard, and petitioner brings this appeal for review of the ruling of the lower court; and the question here presented for review is whether, in deference to the infant’s welfare, *463Avhich all the authorities recognize…
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