Tucker v. Finnigan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

The petitioners, as the parents and natural guardians of their daughter, Jeconiah Tucker, now about eight years of age, brought this proceeding for her custody, alleging that such custody was wrongfully withheld from them by respondents. The trial court, after hearing the evidence, remanded custody of the child to respondents. The petitioners have appealed.

The facts, so far as it is necessary to state them, are as follows: Late in the year 1927 the petitioners permitted respondents to take the child, then about two years of age, into their…