State Ex Rel. Stockstill v. Spiers

This is a proceeding by habeas corpus on the part of the father to get possession and control of his baby girl, not quite fifteen months old when'this proceeding was filed.

The father and both the paternal and maternal grandparents of the child reside in Mississippi.

The father and mother of the child were married in Mississippi on December 2, 1927, both being under age, and the child was born on October 22, 1928. The mother died at the home of her parents November 13, 1929.

The defendant W. A. Spiers is the granduncle of the child,' and his wife is the grandaunt.

These defendants have no…