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STATE EX REL. PAUL v. PENISTON

No. 43956.

105 So.2d 228 (1958)

235 La. 579

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Steve PAUL et al. v. Horace M. PENISTON et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stafford & Pitts, Grove Stafford, Jr., Alexandria, Charles Riddle, Jr., Marksville, for appellant.

Gravel, Humphries, Sheffield & Mansour, Alexandria, for respondents-appellees.

HAMITER, Justice.

In this habeas corpus proceeding the relators, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Paul, seek the custody of their daughter, Shirley Rae Paul, who was eleven years of age when the suit was instituted on September 11, 1957 (she was born in July, 1946). The respondents are Mr. and Mrs. Horace Peniston, in whose care the child is now and has been for a number of years. Mrs. Peniston is a sister of Mr. Paul and, of course, is Shirley Rae's aunt.

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