Long v. Smith

J. E. Long, the appellant in this court, and the father of Aline Long, a minor female child, of the age of about 22 months, at the time of the trial in the lower court, sought to recover the custody of said child by writ of habeas corpus from the ap-pellees, S. B Smith and wife, the maternal grandparents, and, upon the hearing before the trial court, the temporary custody of the infant was awarded to the maternal grandparents, Smiths. The record discloses that, about five years prior to the trial of this case, J. E. Long, the appellant herein, was married to Audie Long, at which time he was…