Scroggin v. Griffin

This is a habeas corpus action brought by the maternal grandparents of Wendell Scroggin against his father, Joel Scroggin, for the custody of the said Wendell Scroggin, a boy nine years of age.

Joel Scroggin married Rachel Griffin May 14, 1922, she being the daughter of R. H. and Fannie Griffin, the plaintiffs. On December 22, 1929, Rachel Scroggin died, at which time Wendell Scroggin was an infant of only a few months of age. Soon after this bereave ment the father and infant son took up their abode with these grandparents, where the child could have the care of its grandmother, the said Joel…