Whitfield v. Saulsberry

STAKELY, Justice.

Emmet E. Saulsberry, Sr. (appellee), filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, in Equity, for custody of his child, Emmet E. Saulsberry, Jr., a boy aged three years, born to appellee and his wife Lucy Saulsberry, who is now deceased. The petition was filed against Nancy Whitfield (appellant), who is the maternal grandmother of the child. The petition alleges, among other things, that it is to the best interests of the child that it be placed in the custody of petitioner.

Appellant demurred to the petition on the ground in substance that original, exclusive…