State ex rel. Conerly v. Somier

ROGERS, Justice.

The relator, Roy Conerly, is the father and the respondent, Mary Sonier, is the maternal grandmother of Wardell Conerly, a boy about five years old. Relator brought this proceeding by habeas corpus to obtain possession of the child who is in the custody of his grandmother. After hearing the testimony, the trial judge dismissed the proceeding and awarded the custody and care of the child- to the respondent, and relator has appealed.

Roy Conerly and Grace Sonier were married on April 13, 1937. Wardell Conerly, the child involved in this proceeding, is the issue of the marriage.…