Legal Opinion

Scott v. Kirkpatrick

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided November 25, 1924PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*701Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Affirming.

The parties to this litigation bring to us for review and final decision the question: Who, as between them, is entitled to the custody of Helen Burnell, an infant now about six years of age? The appellants, Mrs. Sallie Scott and Mrs. Fannie Burnell, are respectively the paternal great-grandmother and grandmother of the child, while the appellee, Ima Kirkpatrick, is her mother. Considering it unnecessary to state the devious route pursued before the litigation eventually was tried on the issue above suggested in the Craves circuit court,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Green v. CampbellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Bedford v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  3. Strangway v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Cummins v. BirdCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
  2. Johnson v. CookCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
  3. Staggs v. SparksCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941
  4. Setser v. CaldwellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
  5. Chance v. PigneguyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926

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