Ellis v. Johnson

Suit in equity to secure . judgment awarding the permanent custody of a minor child to plaintiff. The answer concludes with a prayer that the custody of the child be awarded defendant. The court heard the evidence and then rendered judgment awarding the custody of the child to J. B. Ellis and Eliza T. Ellis, grandparents of the child, for one year and. reserved jurisdiction to make further orders at the end of or during said period of one year as to the care and custody of said child. Prom this judgment defendant appealed.

The ease is unusual in that it is a suit in equity rather than by…