WHITEMAN v. ROBINSON

No. 12043.

116 S.E.2d 691 (1960)

James WHITEMAN v. John A. ROBINSON and Nancy Robinson.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin W. Kern, Charleston, for plaintiff in error.

Kingdon & Kingdon, Arthur R. Kingdon, Mullens, for defendants in error.


HAYMOND, Judge.

The petitioner, James Whiteman, the father of Julia Kathryn Whiteman, an infant, instituted this habeas corpus proceeding in the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, in May 1959, to regain the custody of his daughter, then about three and one-half years of age, from the defendants, John A. Robinson and Nancy Robinson, who have refused to permit the petitioner to have the custody of his child.

The proceeding was heard in the circuit court upon the...

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