Carroll v. White

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff-respondent mother brought this action to recover custody of two minor children from the defendant-appellant father. Following certain procedural steps the trial court found for the mother and ordered the children returned to the State of Washington, the mother’s residence. This appeal resulted from the trial court’s judgment.

The two minor children, sons aged 15 and 13, had been awarded to their mother by a divorce decree obtained in superior court of Stevens County, Washington, in 1960. The appellant was granted…