Lanford v. Carruth

PITTS, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Myrtle Ruth Carruth, joined by her husband, Vernon E. Carruth, instituted suit against Fred Lanford, Jr., and his parents, Fred Lanford, Sr., and wife, Sallie Lanford, for the custody of Richard Wesley Lanford, a four-year-old boy born to Myrtle Ruth Carruth and Fred Lanford, Jr., during their marriage.

The record discloses that the child’s parents were married in 1939; that the child was born in 1940; that the parents were separated in 1942 and were divorced in 1943. The District Court of Hale County-granted the divorce and the judgment recited in part, “In…