State Ex Rel. Bethany v. Corley

This is a habeas corpus proceeding! The relator seeks to recover possession of his minor daughter, who is now in custody of the respondents, the uncle and aunt of the child’s deceased. mother. In the trial court there was judgment in favor of the relator, and the respondents appealed.

In 1919 the relator married Lillie Corley, and established the matrimonial domicile in Arkansas, where the child was bom. A few months after the birth of the child the parties separated. The wife returned, with the child, to Louisiana, and lived with respondents until her death, which occurred in 1929. The…