Kershman v. Kershman

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a habeas corpus action instituted on June 13, 1951, by relator, Mrs. Geneva E. Kershman, of Beaver County, Oklahoma, seeking custody of her daughter, Linda Kershman, 2½ years of age, alleging that she and her husband, Chester R. Kershman, were separated and the child was being illegally restrained and held by her husband’s older brother, Martin L. Kershman, and his wife, Lorraine Kershman, of Ochil-tree County, Texas. Respondents answered with a general denial and further alleged that they had, by mutual agreement, been given the care, custody and control of the…