Evens v. Keller

OPINION OF THE COURT

SADLER, J.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding by appellant, hereinafter styled petitioner, instituted in the district court of McKinley county, N. M., against appellee, hereinafter styled respondent, to recover the custody of Alice L. Evens, a minor, who will be so designated hereinafter in this opinion. The minor, a little girl about ten years of age at the time of the trial, was born in Herculaneum, Mo. Her parents are both dead. Her father died at De Soto, • Jefferson county, Mo., on December 30, 1926, and the mother died at the same place on March 13, 1928. Both parents…