COOK v. CONN

No. 46775.

267 So.2d 296 (1972)

Susan COOK v. Ronald Lamar CONN and wife, Jennie Jeannette M. Conn.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Bowman, Thomas R. Mayfield, West Point, for appellant.

Burgin, Gholson, Hicks & Nichols, Columbus, for appellees.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

On May 21, 1971, Susan Cook filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus against Ronald Lamar Conn and his wife, Jeannette Conn, in the Chancery Court of Lowndes County, to secure custody of Elizabeth Lee Cook, her natural daughter, sixteen months old. The Conns filed a cross-bill and also a petition for adoption on June 1, 1971.

These pleadings were consolidated for trial by consent of the parties...

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