Commonwealth Ex Rel. Parker v. Parker

Opinion by

Cunnmsham, J.,

These habeas corpus proceedings, involving the custody of Mary Jean Parker, nine years of age, and her sister, Patricia Jean Parker, five, are the outgrowth of the unfortunate separation of their parents after ten years of married life.

The Parkers lived at Orafton, Allegheny County, and their life as husband and wife seems to have been normal until about four years ago when George I. Eagleson and his wife became their next door neighbors. Neighborly relations were established between the families and there is some indication in the testimony that a rather unusual…