HALE v. HOOD

No. 48498.

313 So.2d 18 (1975)

Clarence Edgar HALE v. Druscilla Hale HOOD.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holcomb, Dunbar, Connell, Merkel & Tollison, William Dean Stark, Clarksdale, for appellant.

Before RODGERS, INZER and WALKER, JJ.


INZER, Justice:

This is a child custody case between the natural father of the child and his sister, the paternal aunt of the child. Clarence Edgar Hale has appealed from a decree of the Chancery Court of Quitman County awarding the custody of his child Thomas Geral Hale, about eleven years of age, to Druscilla Hale Hood, the paternal aunt of the child. We reverse and render.

Appellee has not favored us with a brief in this case and ordinarily we would hold...

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