Hipple v. Hipple

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.;

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus wherein Floyd Hippie, a.resident citizen of Hutchinson, seeks to obtain the custody of his two small children now with their mother, Lulita Hippie, who resides in Wichita.

The pertinent facts axe these: In June, 1925, the parents, Floyd and Lulita Hippie, then residents of Hutchinson, Reno county, were divorced. Lulita was given the custody of their three children, Miriam, Betty Jean and Francis Byron. The eldest daughter,Miriam, presumably because she was of an age which privileged her to…