Haynie v. Hudgins
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. L. B. Jones, Special Judge. Habeas corpus by Mrs. Bonnie E. Hudgins against W. E. Haynie, for tbe recovery of the possession of a minor. Judgment for petitioner, and respondent appeals. The first part of counsel’s brief for appellee is designated as “the facts.” There are no facts in this case, as the special chancellor decided the case on the pleadings, on a motion to strike the cross-bill from the files.
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Appeal from circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. L. B. Jones, Special Judge. Habeas corpus by Mrs. Bonnie E. Hudgins against W. E. Haynie, for tbe recovery of the possession of a minor. Judgment for petitioner, and respondent appeals. The first part of counsel’s brief for appellee is designated as “the facts.” There are no facts in this case, as the special chancellor decided the case on the pleadings, on a motion to strike the cross-bill from the files. Of course, this motion, admitted, the same as a, demurrer, all of the allegations of the so-called cross-petition, and we were permitted on…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
This suit is a habeas corpus proceeding in which the appellee, Mrs. Hudgins, was petitioner and' appellant, W. B. Haynie, respondent or defendant, for the recovery of the possession of a minor daughter named' Bettie E. Haynie, whose age is about fourteen years. The suit was originally brought before the circuit judge, and *846was by him transferred to the chancery court. The suit presents a controversy for the custody of the child between the appellee mother and the appellant father. The substantial averments of the petition are, in substance, as follows.
Mrs. Hudgins and Haynie were married in…
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