Dearing v. Dearing

The instant suit was commenced by the petitioner Charles E. Dearing who sought the custody of the five minor children of the parties. The original suit named as defendant the mother of the children, Irma J. Dearing, and upon proper motion the maternal grandfather of the children, Elijah Woosley, a resident of Warren County, Tennessee, was allowed to intervene as the custodian of the youngest child who had spent most of its life with the said grandfather.

The defendant, Irma J. Dearing, filed a plea in abatement attacking the jurisdiction of the Fourth Circuit *396Court of Davidson County,…