De Llano v. Moran

This is a suit for permanent custody of Sandra Judith Moran, a girl two years of age. Her mother, Inez A. De Llano Moran, was killed in an automobile and freight train collision in the early hours of January 1, 1958. Alfred A. Moran, the husband of Inez and the father of Sandra, was driving the automobile at the time and was seriously injured in the collision. About six weeks later petitioners, who are Sandra’s maternal grandparents, instituted this suit against the father and the paternal grandparents of the minor, seeking a writ of habeas corpus and praying that permanent custody be awarded…