STATE EX REL. SMITH v. THOMPSON

No. 42731.

86 So.2d 96 (1956)

229 La. 443

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Hugh Justus SMITH, Jr., v. W. H. THOMPSON and Thomas I. Sanders. In re Honorable Leroy Collins, Governor of the State of Florida, Applying for Writs of Certiorari to the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 20, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Huckabay, Seale, Kelton & Hayes, Baton Rouge, for relator.

Reid & Reid, Hammond, Mentz & Ford, Hammond, for respondent.


McCALEB, Justice.

Hugh Justus Smith, Jr., was party defendant to a divorce proceeding instituted in the Circuit Court of Bradford County, Florida, resulting in a decree of divorce in favor of his wife, who was also awarded the custody of their minor children, reserving to defendant the right of visitation and temporary custody during specified times and intervals. Subsequently, Smith brought one of the children from Florida to his home at Hammond, Louisiana and his...

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