Brooks v. Preston

TEEHEE, C.

Láveme Aleñe Preston, a child four years of age at the time of the filing of this suit, is the innocent object of this litigation. Lyle Preston, defendant in error, is the surviving parent, and E. C. Brooks and his wife, plaintiffs in error, are the child’s maternal grandparents. The child, since its mother’s death about a year and three months prior to the filing of the suit, had been in the care and custody of the respondents whom petitioner sued in habeas corpus to recover its custody. In the trial court the parties appeared in their reverse order as petitioner and respondents.-…