Holmes v. Coleman

This appeal involves the right to the care and custody of Billy Joe, the seven-year-old daughter of Louis and Betty Coleman. In addition to this child, the Colemans are the parents of four other daughters, two of whom are now married and have homes of their own. T. B. and Ada Mae Holmes, his wife, are childless. The Colemans and the Holmes were near neighbors and good friends when the child, Billy Joe, was born. Mrs. Coleman was suffering from nephritis when the child was born, and it was decided, about five or six weeks after its birth, that Mrs. Coleman should he taken from her country home…