Duffy v. Dixon

Appellant is the father and appellee is the maternal grandmother of the three minor Negro children whose custody is involved in this action, Ora Lee, a girl, Leon, a boy, and Kathleen Duffy, a girl, aged 13, 11 and 9 years respectively at the time of trial.

Appellant and Ella, the mother of said children, were married in 1930. They separated in 1936 when she moved to the home of her mother, appellee, talcing said children with her with appellant’s consent, or at least without objection from him. They were divorced in 1943, and the custody of said children was not at issue, and they continued…