In re Melroy v. Keiser

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is a habeas corpus proceeding for the custody of a minor child. The court below, after a full hearing, made exhaustive findings of fact, also conclusions of law, and rendered judgment in favor of the father, who was an intervener in the case.

The material facts are substantially as follows; The child, Gean Gordon Melroy, was born November 10, 1920. His mother was killed in an automobile casualty May 21, 1922. Soon thereafter his father, Hugh E. Melroy, took the child to the home of his mother, Mrs. M. E. Melroy. About that time he had a…