Ruttencutter v. Ruttencutter

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The sole issue in this case imposes upon us the unpleasant task of determining who is entitled to the custody of a boy child some seven or eight years old at the time of the trial, at which the court adjudged in favor of appellee, the mother, and from which appellant, the father, has appealed. We say the task is unpleasant, because whichever way it may be discharged our judgment possesses the potentialities of affecting the child’s career for good or bad throughout its life. Hence, it is both delicate and far-reaching but which we encounter much…