Hydrick v. Hydrick

This is a contest over the custody of three minor children, aged 2, 5, and 6. Appellant Lois Hydrick, the mother, and appellee George L. Hydrick, the father, were married May 18, 1947, and separated in January, 1952. They went back together March 12, 1952, and separated again on March 19, 1952. At that time Lois left her husband George and the children and went to Memphis where she secured employment.

On March 17, 1953, Lois filed suit against George seeking a divorce and custody of the children. Lois alleged as grounds for divorce that George, while drinking to excess, had threatened her with…