COM. ex rel. SHROAD v. SMITH


180 Pa.Super. 445 (1956)

Commonwealth ex rel. Shroad, Appellant, v. Smith.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

January 17, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Lipshitz, for appellant.

Harry D. Sporkin, with him Jacob B. Abrams, for appellees.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, ROSS, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, and ERVIN, JJ.


OPINION BY WOODSIDE, J., January 17, 1956:

This is a habeas corpus case in which the Municipal Court of Philadelphia refused Vincent J. Shroad, Jr. full custody of his son, John, now eleven years old. The boy has been residing with his maternal grandparents since his parents separated about ten years ago.

John's parents were married in 1942. He was born August 2, 1944. About a year after his birth his parents separated and were divorced. The mother of the...

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