CODER v. CODER

No. 5-979.

290 S.W.2d 628 (1956)

Nadlne CODER, Appellant, v. Robert E. CODER, Frank D. Coder, and Lola Coder, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 28, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Goodkin, Ft. Smith, for appellant.

Hardin, Barton, Hardin & Garner, Ft. Smith, for appellees.


WARD, Justice.

This is a child custody case, and, as usually happens in such cases, both cold facts and warm emotions are involved.

The litigation which led to this appeal began on September 6, 1955, when appellant, Nadine Coder, filed for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in chancery court to obtain possession of her 12 year old son, Frank Ray Coder. The writ was directed against Robert E. Coder, the father, and his father and mother, Frank D. and Lola. Coder, who...

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