Marlar v. Howard

Van Sant, Commissioner

Affirming.

The appeal is from a judgment sustaining a general demurrer to, and dismissing, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellants are the paternal grandparents, and appellee is the mother, of Earlene and James Estill Marlar who are four (4) and three (3) years of age respectively. Appellants filed the petition alleging that by a judgment of a Court of Domestic Relations for Knox County, Tennessee, a certified copy of which they filed as a part of the petition, they were awarded the .custody of the children, and appellee is in possession of said children…