Ex Parte Fletcher

The parents of two girls (6 and 11 years of age)' both died, the mother some 3 years before the father. He owned a comfortable home, well furnished, in Andalusia, and, with a housekeeper engaged by him, maintained the home until liis sudden death. From the funeral the children went with their maternal axint to her home with her husband’s mother, for which no blame is charged. One of them needed and received medical attention. Their maternal grandparents, a respected Baptist minister and his wife, resided in Mobile and attended the funeral and remained several days. There was negotiation, as…