Wells v. Andrews

Oct 15, 1882
Reporters:
Before:
Campbell
Campbell, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant was ‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‍the lawfully constituted guardian of the minors, appointed by the proper court in Tennessee, from whence they were removed, ‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‍at the instance of their grand*376mother, and they should have been committed to the custody of their guardian, under ‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‍the circumstances of this case. They were domiciled in Tennessee, and the jurisdiction of the courts, of that State ‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‍over them, and their estate there was not. destroyed by their removal, by their relatives, to Mississippi.

The judgment is ‍‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‍reversed, and the custody of the minors-awarded to the appellant.