Dugan v. Smith

HIGHTOWER, Jr., C. J.

Appellants, Mrs. Sallie Copeland Dugan, and G. A. Dugan, her husband, commenced this proceeding by suing out a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of recovering from appellees, Mrs. Fannie Smith and Fulton Smith, her husband, the possession and custody of Dorothy Lee Copeland, a girl child nine years of age, and who is the daughter of said Sallie Copeland Dugan by a former husband, Reuben Copeland. In the application for writ of habeas corpus, it was alleged, substantially, by relators, appellants here, that relator Sallie Copeland Dugan was the mother of the child,…