Deville v. LaGrange

388 So.2d 696 (1980)

Donald DEVILLE

v.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd LaGRANGE.

No. 66997.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 3, 1980.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1980.

Walter J. Landry, Poteet & Landry, Lafayette, for defendant-applicant.

Jerry J. Falgoust, Dubuisson, Brinkhaus, Dubuisson & Falgoust, Opelousas, for plaintiffs-respondents.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

This case involves an impassioned contest over the custody of a child whose mother, never married, died in an automobile accident when the little boy was two years old. The trial court determined that Donald Ray Deville, who had instituted these…