DRIGGERS ET UX. v. Jolley

Fishburne, Justice.

This appeal involves the custody of a child and the various procedural steps taken in connection therewith.

On September 27, 1947, Stella Harrison gave birth tO’ an illegitimate son at Oliver Springs, Tennesse, who was given the name Wayne. The mother then moved to Middlesboro, Kentucky, where-she married Frank Jolley. At the time of this marriage she was again pregnant with a second child; and in 1949, she gave birth to a third child. Following her marriage, the child, Wayne, became known as Wayne Jolley.

In May, 1949, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jolley and the child Wayne resided in…