GRIFFIN v. BELL

No. 45006.

215 So.2d 573 (1968)

James GRIFFIN and Mrs. Jacquelin Griffin v. Mrs. Tiny Adams BELL.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Countiss, III, Charles A. Brewer, Jackson, for appellants.

Barnett & Barnett, James Arden Barnett, Jackson, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

The appellants, James Griffin and wife, Mrs. Jacquelin Griffin, appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, awarding custody of a minor female child, April Lyn Adams, to her natural mother, Mrs. Tiny Adams Bell, after a full hearing on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Mrs. Tiny Adams Bell.

The decree appealed from was rendered...

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