State Ex Rel. Hicks v. Cain

This is a habeas corpus proceeding instituted for the purpose of adjudicating the custody of James Ferrell Cain, a boy child about two years of age. Shortly after its birth and until about two years of age the child was kept in its paternal grandparents home in Washington County, Florida. The parents of the child lived in the same home, where the grandfather supplied his son, the father of the child, the sum of $100.00 per month upon which to live as he was at the time in poor health and died when the child was only a few months of age. The mother remained in this home for a while but went to…