Cummer v. Cummer

Mr. Justice John J. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, William M. Cummer, had been residing with his daughter, Lang Cummer, at Nice, France, for about two years prior to October 25, 1929. On that date plaintiff, Mary Lang Cummer, his wife and the mother of Lang Cummer, was granted a divorce from him and $66,000 in settlement of her property rights, the care, custody and control of the child, Lang Cummer, then 13 years of age, being awarded to defendant, the court finding that he “is a fit and proper person to have the care and custody of said child and that, because of…