Tucker v. Tucker

This is a proceeding by habeas corpus instituted by appellant, the mother, to recover from a paternal uncle and his wife, custody of two infants, a girl age 10 years, and a boy age 8 years. At all times mentioned herein appellant has resided in Memphis, Tenn. Appellees now reside in Jonesboro, Ark., having formerly lived in Blytheville. The father of the children died in the fall of 1939, but prior thereto, to-wit on July 5, 1938, appellant had obtained a decree of divorce, awarding her the custody of the children. The record discloses that when the little girl was two years old, and at…