Logsdon v. State and Dell

McAllister, c. j.

This is a contest over the custody of two children, Howard Logsdon and his sister, Kathleen, whose parents were both killed in an airplane crash. The paternal grandparents appeal from a decree of the circuit court for Lincoln county awarding custody to a maternal aunt.

The Logsdons resided at Newport in Lincoln county, and both parents were killed on June 25, 1961. The boy, Howard, was then seven years old, and his sister, Kathleen, six years old. The paternal grandparents, Elza and Florence Logsdon, who resided in Iowa, came to Newport immediately after the death of their son…