Waroff v. Haight

STOKES, Justice.

This action was instituted by the appellant, John W. Waroff, against the ap-pellee, Helen Haight, in the nature of an application for a writ of habeas corpus to recover the custody of Susan Waroff, the three and one-half year old daughter of the appellant and his deceased wife, Ruth Waroff, who was the daughter of appellee, Helen Haight. The case was submitted to the court without the intervention of a jury and resulted in a judgment denying appellant’s application and placing the custody of the child with the appellee, from which the appellant has perfected an appeal to this…