Hart v. Howell

TERRELL, J.:

This habeas corpus proceeding was brought by Sherman W. Howell, appellee, against Jim Hart and his wife, Miggie W. Hart, appellants, to secure the custody of James Farrell Howell, a minor, nine years of age. The trial court awarded his custody to the appellants during the school term of each year and to Sherman W. Howell during vacation. This appeal is from that award.

So the rightful custody of James Farrell Howell, is the only question with which we are concerned. This Court has so repeatedly adjudicated the custody of a minor child to be in the natural parent, all things being…