Andrews v. Landon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The proceeding is one of habeas corpus, commenced originally in this court by a father to obtain custody of his child from its maternal grandparents. The testimony was taken by affidavits, which have been duly abstracted. Briefs were duly filed, and the cause has been orally argued.

It is not necessary to review the evidence in detail, and the law applicable to the controversy is well settled. The case is of the familiar type. The child’s mother died when the child was three years old. The father was not so .situated that he could care for the…