STATE EX REL. LOTT v. COURTNEY

No. 6413.

178 So.2d 489 (1965)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Mrs. Bernice LOTT v. Mrs. Mary COURTNEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1965.

Writ Refused November 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. B. Ponder, Jr., of Ponder & Ponder, Amite, for appellant.

Frank J. Gremillion, of Gordon & Clesi, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, LANDRY, REID and BAILES, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding wherein

Relatrix, Bernice Lott, formerly married to and divorced from F. E. Courtney, seeks to recover custody and control of her three minor children from their step-mother, Mary Courtney, Respondent in writ, widow of said F. E. Courtney, now deceased. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of respondent continuing a prior decree granting custody of the children to appellee, Mrs. Courtney, and from said...

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