CARRERE v. PRUNTY

No. 51610.

133 N.W.2d 692 (1965)

Lucien John CARRERE, Appellee, v. Robert F. PRUNTY, Mary M. Prunty, and Richard Prunty, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 9, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. E. McManus, Keokuk, for appellants.

Boyd, Walker & Concannon, Keokuk, for appellee.


SNELL, Justice.

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus wherein the father of an eight-year-old (at time of trial) girl sought an order requiring the maternal grandparents to surrender custody of the girl.

The plaintiff is the father of the child. He lives in Alabama. The child is living with her maternal grandparents in Keokuk, Iowa. Her mother is dead. The grandmother is her guardian. The defendants are the grandparents and an uncle. The uncle is married,...

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