STATE v. McELROY

No. 5567.

141 So.2d 666 (1962)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Helen HAMPTON, Appellant, v. Warner McELROY and Blanche McElroy, Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 21, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Garrett and Edward L. Ardoyno, Jr., New Orleans, for appellant.

William E. Woodward and Leon A. Picou, Jr., St. Francisville, for appellees.

Before ELLIS, HERGET, and MILLER, JJ.


HERGET, Judge.

Relatrix, Helen Hampton, instituted habeas corpus proceedings against respondents, Warner and Blanche McElroy, to obtain the care and custody of her child eleven years of age at the time the case was tried in the Court below. The Trial Court rejected the demands of Relatrix and awarded the permanent care and custody of the minor child to Respondents. The case was tried in the Court below on February 8, 1960 by Honorable Woodrow W. Overton and on November...

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