Hancock v. Hancock

This is an appeal from the chancery court of Poinsett county dismissing a petition in habeas corpus for the custody of a child under fourteen years of age by its mother against its stepmother who had the custody of the child as guardian by appointment of the clerk of the probate court of said county either before or ■after the confirmation of the appointment by the probate court, on the ground that the chancery court was without jurisdiction to try the cause.

The petition alleged that appellant was the mother of the child and after the final separation of appellant and the father of the child…