Messner v. Messner

SIMON, Justice.

Norman Keith Messner instituted habeas corpus proceedings to obtain the care and custody of his five minor children who have been and presently are in the custody of his divorced wife, Billie Jean Watkins Messner. The lower court rendered judgment rejecting Messner’s demands and recalling and setting aside the writ of habeas corpus theretofore granted. From this judgment he has appealed.

Billie Jean and Norman Keith Messner were married on June 7, 1951, at Texarkana, Arkansas. Of this union three children were born. Defendant was the mother of two other children who were legally…