MOUTON v. ST. ROMAIN

No. 826.

153 So.2d 890 (1963)

Mable Romero MOUTON, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Don E. ST. ROMAIN et al., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1963.

Certiorari Granted June 28, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis E. Mire, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants.

Edwards & Edwards, by Nolan J. Edwards, Crowley, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE, SAVOY, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff, as natural mother of the minor child, Debra Odelia Romero, about three years of age, seeks a writ of habeas corpus ordering Mr. and Mrs. Don E. St. Romain, who have had custody of the child for almost three years, to deliver said minor to plaintiff. After hearing on the merits, the district judge granted the writ of habeas corpus giving custody of the child to plaintiff, its mother. Defendants appealed.

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