Commonwealth ex rel. Newel v. Mason

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

These are appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, granting custody of a minor child, Kathleen Della Newel, to her father, John B. Newel, who had instigated the habeas corpus proceedings against Adam Mason and Blanche Mason, husband and wife, the latter, by blood, her paternal grandmother.

At the time of the action the child was in the custody of the Masons, and after its institution the mother of the minor, Elaine Eddy, became an intervening respondent, so that the court below had the problem of determining a contest for custody involving…