Bridges v. Matthews

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.. We are faced with the unpleasant task of deciding whether the parent or grandparent is entitled to the custody of a child.

The appellant, J. G. Bridges, married Sabra Matthews, the daughter of appellee, Nettie Matthews, and to this marriage one child, Robert Ellis Bridges, was born July 12, 1926. Sabra Matthews died January 28, 1930, in Gary, Indiana, where her husband was employed. She was buried at Glasgow, Kentucky, and a few days after the funeral appellant returned to Gary, Indiana, leaving his child with the latter’s grandmother, Nettie…