Parr v. Parr

Atkinson, Justice.

Mrs. Myrtle Parr brought a petition for habeas corpus against her husband, LeRoy Parr, for the custody of their child Barbara, three years of age, and the writ was issued. Preceding differences and difficulties between them culminated in a domestic storm on June 17, 1943, at which time the father took possession of the child, and two days later, the mother instituted this proceeding.

It would serve no useful purpose to detail the evidence adduced upon the hearing. Suffice it- to say that each submitted evidence of their own virtues, and the vices of the other. The court…