La Grenade v. Gordon

ERWIN, Judge.

The sole question presented for review is whether plaintiff’s complaint states a claim for which relief can be granted. We answer, “Yes.”

The father of a minor child is its natural guardian, at common law, and his right of control over the child is superior to that of the mother, in the absence'of a court’s contrary determination of custody. Tyner v. Tyner, 206 N.C. 776, 175 S.E. 144 (1934); Patrick v. Bryan, 202 N.C. 62, 162 S.E. 207 (1932). Thus, a father has a right of action against every person who knowingly and wittingly interrupts the relation subsisting between himself and…