Land v. Landry

This was a suit in tbe form of a habeas corpus proceeding by tbe appellees, C. J. Landry and wife against tbe appellant, James Land, for tbe custody and possession of a minor child, Arch Land, about six years of age. Tbe cause was tried in the district court of Jefferson county, and resulted in a judgment in favor of appel-lees, from which judgment this appeal was prosecuted.

Prior to the year 1919, the appellant, James Land, and the appellee Mrs. C. J. Landry were husband and wife, and the child, Arch Land, was the issue of that marriage: In the latter part of 1919 or early part of 1920 (the…