Mitchell v. Powell

253 Miss. 867 (1965)

179 So.2d 811

MITCHELL, et al.

v.

POWELL, et al.

No. 43628.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 8, 1965.

Roberts & Craig, Oxford, for appellants.

Sumners & Hickman, Oxford, for appellees.

RODGERS, J.

This action is a dispute over the custody of a minor child between the maternal grandparents, appellees here, on one side, and the father and paternal grandparents of the child, appellants, on the other side. It originated in the Chancery Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi, wherein appellees brought an original bill to modify a habeas corpus judgment previously rendered with the…