Waldron v. Childers
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This appeal involves the right of custody to a boy three years of age. The appellant claimed that when she was seventeen years of age she had intermarried with one Wriggin. She states that she became attached to Wriggin, and he asked her to marry him. She consented, but her mother objected to the marriage, and she and Wriggin agreed that they would marry any way and keep it a secret.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This appeal involves the right of custody to a boy three years of age. The appellant claimed that when she was seventeen years of age she had intermarried with one Wriggin. She states that she became attached to Wriggin, and he asked her to marry him. She consented, but her mother objected to the marriage, and she and Wriggin agreed that they would marry any way and keep it a secret. The ceremony was said by a man who represented himself to be a justice of the peace. They were married in November, 1907,…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). It was conceded by the appellees that the appellant is the mother of the child. Without going into detail in a discussion of the evidence, we are of the opinion that the foster mother, Mrs. Childers, is tenderly devoted to the young life that was left in her keeping, and that if she could be permitted to retain the custody of the child she would give it the best of attention, and that the child would be well provided for in every way possible for one in her situation and bearing the relation that she sustains to the infant. But the testimony on behalf of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Baker v. DurhamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Washaw v. GimbleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
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