Commonwealth Ex Rel. Flannery v. Sharp

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This is a habeas corpus proceeding brought by paternal grandparents to obtain partial custody of their seven year old grandson from his mother and' stepfather.

John Flannery, the 3rd, son of the petitioners, married the respondent, now Mrs. Sara E. Sharp. The couple resided with the petitioners and their son, John Flannery, the 4th, was born in the home of petitioners on March 13, 1935. The child’s father died November 23,1936., From that time on mother and child continued to reside with petitioners. On December 9, 1939, the child’s mother married Charles Sharp, and the…