COM. ex rel. BUCKNER v. BARR


376 Pa. 9 (1954)

Commonwealth ex rel. Buckner v. Barr, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin J. Porsche, for appellants.

Elizabeth Bailey, with her Regis C. Nairn, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and MUSMANNO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, January 4, 1954:

This appeal, in a habeas corpus action, is from a judgment of the Superior Court affirming an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County awarding custody of a minor child to its natural mother.

The existing distressing situation is the aftermath of an unhappy broken home followed by a divorce and the subsequent remarriage of each of the parents. At the date of the marriage on November...

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