Giffin v. Gascoigne

Grey, V. C.

(orally).

This case involves the determination of the right to the custody of a boy of fourteen years of age, who is now in court, and, under the circumstances, ought to be disposed of while the minor ■ child is here present. There are many facts in the case which. *257are undisputed, and not many which are disputed. It is conceded by both sides that the complainant, John W. Giffin, is the sole surviving parent of this boy, who, in September, 1899, was fourteen years of age. The boy had lived with his father in Cleveland, Ohio, up to the early part of the year 1897. His father’s…