McDaniel v. Youngblood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Gaston Gunter, Judge. Petition in equity by Susie H. Youngblood, formerly Susie H. Howard, to set aside and hold for naught the decree of August 11, 1916, giving the custody and control of petitioner’s minor daughter to Mary L. McDaniel. From a decree setting aside and declaring null and void the former decree, Mary McDaniel appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This is a contest between rival claimants for the custody of a child. The jurisdiction of a court of equity had been, invoiced by a petitioning relative of such infant, and tbe custody of tbe child committed to petitioner. The pertinent part of the decree was:
“It is ordered, adjudged, and decreed by the court that said petition be and the same is hereby granted, and the said minor child, Susie Howard, is hereby placed in the custody and control of the petitioner, Mary L. McDaniel, until the further order of this court.”
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