Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Bell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 28, 1968No. 45006PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Justice:
The appellants, James Griffin and wife, Mrs. Jacquelin Griffin, appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, awarding custody of a minor female child, April Lyn Adams, to her natural mother, Mrs. Tiny Adams Bell, after a full hearing on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Mrs. Tiny Adams Bell.
The decree appealed from was rendered on June 21, 1967, but the change of custody therein provided for was stayed until December 27, 1967. In addition to the stay of execution, supersedeas was granted by the…
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