CRASE v. SHEPHERD


240 S.W.2d 548 (1951)

CRASE et ux. v. SHEPHERD et ux.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Napier & Napier, Hazard, for appellant.

Wm. Melton and W. E. Faulkner, Hazard, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

In a habeas corpus proceeding in the Perry Circuit Court, the natural parents of J. C. Shepherd, a five-year-old boy, sought to recover his custody from foster parents in whose home the child had been living for several years. The circuit court entered judgment awarding custody to the natural parents, but permitted the foster parents, upon executing a supersedeas bond, to retain custody pending the appeal which they have taken to this Court....

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