Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cummings v. Nearhoof Et Ux.

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This is an appeal by the relators from an order entered in a habeas corpus proceeding, involving the custody of a minor child, then seven years old. The relators, Mr. and Mrs. Cummings, are the parents of the child; the respondents, Mr. and Mrs. Nearhoof, are the persons with whom the child was left, when she was a baby ten weeks old, and the parents, because of the depression, were obliged to break up their home, and the mother became the sole wage-earner, working in New York City. At the time, all the parties lived in Altoona. Relators now have their home in…