BOONE v. BOONE

No. 8873.

150 F.2d 153 (1945)

BOONE v. BOONE et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided June 11, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis M. Denit, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. A. Leckie Cox, Thomas S. Jackson, and John B. Shipman, all of Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Richard E. Wellford, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Lawrence Koenigsberger, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for infant appellees.

Mr. Thomas H. Patterson, of Washington, D. C., for appellee Daniel F. Boone.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


MILLER, Associate Justice.

In the District Court a suit was brought on behalf of two young children, appellees herein, by their next friend to determine their custody. The court found that (1) the children have resided, actually and continuously, in the District of Columbia with their father since November 1940; (2) the children have a strong attachment for their father, are thoroughly accustomed to their present home; their...

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