State Ex Rel. Lee v. McMillin

Appellant filed a petition in the Phillips Chancery Court for a writ of habeas corpus to recover the possession and custody of his minor child, Betty Joe Lee. The petitioner alleged that a similar proceeding had been had in the chancery court of Davidson County, Tennessee, wherein the custody of the child had been awarded to him, but that its custodian, the child’s aunt, Mrs. Maybelle McMillin, had disobeyed the court’s order and had brought the child into this State. Duly authenticated copies of the proceedings of the Davidson County, Tennessee, Chancery Court were exhibited with the…