Hollinger v. Eldredge

*78The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

J. W. Hollinger and Mary Hollinger, his wife, were divorced. The custody of their only child, a son named Neill, was given to the mother. The mother died in August, 1912, and since that time the child, now seven years of age, has been cared for by Helen Eldredge, his mother’s foster mother, in whose charge she had placed him. The father now asks that he be given the custody of his son. An answer to his application has been filed, in which it is asked that the present custody be continued. In this answer allegations are made to the effect that…