HAMMACK v. WISE

No. 13435.

211 S.E.2d 118 (1975)

Velma HAMMACK v. James Edward WISE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

January 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Price, Morgantown, for plaintiff in error.

Wilson, Frame & Rowe, Clark B. Frame, Morgantown, for defendant in error.


CAPLAN, Justice:

This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County in a habeas corpus proceeding instituted in that court by Velma Hammack wherein Mrs. Hammack sought to obtain the custody of the illegitimate infant son of her deceased daughter. The putative father of said son filed a return and an answer to the petition and issue was joined. After a hearing on said pleadings, at which evidence was adduced on behalf of each party, the...

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