Hutchins v. Moore

This suit involves the custody of Lucy Carol Hutchins, who will be eleven years old on December 7, 1957. The appeal is by Grady L. Hutchins, Jr., the father of the child, from a decree of the Chancery Court of Coahoma County at Clarksdale, Mississippi, rendered on September 22, 1956, which appointed the appellees, E. P. Moore and his wife Mary J. Moore, who are the maternal grandparents of the child, the joint guardians of her person and estate, and awarded unto them her permanent custody.

The appellant is a career man and in the United States Navy. He has been a member of the Navy since 1942,…