Commonwealth ex rel. Martino v. Blough

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to give a father custody of his young daughter.

The petitioner, John Martino, and the child’s mother, who is now deceased, were married September 2, 1957. Two children were born to this marriage — John the older child who is now with his father, and Ternera Mae, the subject of this habeas corpus action, who was born June 8, 1959. Three months after Ternera Mae was born, her parents separated. On August 10, 1960, the child’s mother was killed in a motorcycle accident. In July 1959, the defendants, Robert Blough and his…