Riley v. Vest

357 S.W.2d 497 (1962)

Omer C. RILEY et ux., Appellants,

v.

R. J. VEST et al., Appellees.

No. 5-2725.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 28, 1962.

Franklin Wilder, Ft. Smith, for appellants.

Jeta Taylor, Ozark, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a child custody case. R. J. and Wanda Vest were the parents of two infant children at the time of Mrs. Vest's death in January of 1961. The father had been away in military service, and for some time before her death Mrs. Vest had been living with the children in the home of her parents, the appellants. After their mother's death the children…