Miles v. Miles

Citations

• 111 Miss. 110
• 71 So. 295

Syllabus

<p>1. Habeas Cobpus. Custody of children. Jurisdiction.</p> <p>While as a general rule in a contest for the custody of children the law gives the preference to the father, yet the courts have always limited this general rule of the common law whenever it was found that the moral and physical welfare of the child demanded a mother’s love and care.</p> <p>2. Habeas Cobpus. Custody of children. Jurisdiction.</p> <p>Under the facts in this case the court had the power to award the custody of a nurfptg infant to the mother instead of the father and should have done so.</p>