Puckett v. Helms

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal in a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by appellees, Mrs. Lola Irene Helms, joined by her present husband, R. V. Helms, to recover from appellant, Mrs. W. A. Puckett, the custody and possession of her infant daughter, Regina Stacy.

On October 22, 1938, Lola Irene Plelms was divorced from her then husband, Oscar Stacy. In the divorce decree the custody of their infant daughter, then two years of age, was awarded appellant, Mrs. W. A. Puckett, the half sister of appellee, Mrs. Helms.

This proceeding was instituted on December 20, 1940, to recover the…