Commonwealth Rel. Miller v. Barclay Et Ux.

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

This proceeding is concerned with the custody of a little girl, less than three years old when the writ issued. She was born on June 28,1925, in Marion, Ohio, where her parents lived. Four days later the mother died, and the father, who had no relatives in Marion and was unused to the care of such a small baby, contemplated placing her in a local hospital, for temporary nurture, until he could get a housekeeper and adapt his home to the changed conditions-, but was persuaded to leave the child with his sister, who with her husband, the other respondent, had importuned him…