Gamble v. Cotton
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Probate Court, Houston County; S. W. Burkett, Judge. Action by Annie Cotton against Neil Gamble to obtain the custody of a child. From a judgment in favor of the former, the latter appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, J.
Neil Gamble is the father of Vickers Gamble, a seven year old boy, and Annie Cotton is the ■ paternal aunt of the child.
Gamble’s wife died, and the children' were kept and maintained by the father with another aunt for about five months, when, at the father’s request, the boy in question was taken by Annie Cotton and kept for about five or six years, the father in the meantime contributing to its support. During this time,' and without the consent of the father and' without notice to him of any kind, Annie Cotton went to the judge of probate and had the child apprenticed to her.
The father…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Murphree v. HansonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Cook v. EcholsAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
- McClure v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
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