State ex rel. Sevier v. Sevier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Madison; F. X. Ransdell, Judge. Habeas corpus proceeding by the State of Louisiana, on relation of Mrs. Frankie T. Sevier, against William P. Sevier and wife and Albert Nichols and wife. Judgment for defendants, and relator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding whereby the relator is seeking to regain possession of two of her children, a daughter 16 and a son 13 years of age.
The children are in the custody of two of the defendants, Albert R. Nichols and his wife, she being a sister of the deceased father of the children.
In their answer to the suit the respondents alleged that the relator was insane, had no home, nor means with which to support the children, and that their physical and *61mental welfare would be' seriously endangered by an association with their mother.
The district judge, being of the opinion that the…
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