Governale v. HALEY

The appellant, Mrs. Annie Frances Governale, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Grenada County for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the appellees, Mrs. Kate Haley and her husband, K. D. Haley, seeking to obtain the custody of Lee Ann McKinion, minor child of the petitioner 12 years of age. After the service of process the circuit judge set the case for hearing at Ackerman, Mississippi, on March 14, 1955. The circuit Judge then entered an order recusing himself from the hearing, and the Honorable Lunsford Casey, Circuit Judge of the 18th District, was called in to hear and determine…