Hixon's Appeal

Rhodes, J.,

Opinion by

On September 9, 1940, Wilma Blaney Hixon filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain the custody of her infant daughter, who was then nine and one-half months old, in which she alleged, among other things, that the child was then in the custody of her husband, Nelson Hixon. The writ was granted, and, on September 17, 1940, the court, after hearing, made the following order: “...... until further order of court the child shall remain in the custody of its father, Nelson Hixon, and to be kept by him and cared for where it now is by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ruth…