In re Snook

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

This is a proceeding instituted by Nettie Snook, formerly Nettie Tissue, to obtain the custody of her infant daughter, Goldie C. Tissue, who is about five years of *220age, from Isaac V. and Cynthe Tissue, the paternal grandparents of the child. John Tissue, the father of Goldie, was killed in a railroad accident in December, 1889, and not long afterward the petitioner left the child with her grandparents, who have since provided for and treated her as their own child. The sum of $500 was paid by the railroad company for causing the death of…