The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-03
CASE HAS AROUSED MUCH
INTEREST IN ALL SEC
TIONS OF COUNTY
THE COURT ORDER
Judge Prince Ruled Yesterday
Father and Mother Were En-
titled to Custody of the
Child

cd tllat the parents. f. &. CHAPMAN
and Annie Chapman are entitled to
the custody OF their infant son,
! charles Chapman and it il ordered
thht tlir respondents. G. l.. Chapman
and .'ancy Chapman do forthwith, on
demand surrender the custody OF the
said child to said parents.
such Is the ruling handed down
yesterday by Ills Honor. Judge Prime.
III the case Of f. c. Chapman and An
nj" Chapman. Petitioners versus G. l.
| chapman and Nancy Chapman. re-
spcndcnts.
Ther" has been no case heard in
recent months before Judge Prince Of
more interest than WAS this action
Anderson people have hecn greatly in
terestcd and since the hearing held
betorc the Judge al Chambers. t!,ny
have awaited his decision with no
little interest
The facts In the ease are tbn: IN,
petitioners are the father and mother
or H.: child and the respondents are
the grand parents or the infant. The
grand parents refused to surrender
nc child TO the parents on thu grounds
mat the said parents were unfit to
nave the custody of the ,.hild and
hcnce the action was brought. Tue
rnmplct" order. as handed down by
Judge Prince Yesterday. is verv in
teresting end Is herewith, rrD-odured:
THIS matter was heard before nc
nj Chambers. on the return of the
respondents. requiring them to show
cause why the custody of tho child
Charles Chapman. should not be awar-
d"d to the petitioners.
/ find the following facts:
That Petitioners were married on
tho Goth OF April. 1911. ih,t IN due
course of time the child In question
.,ro was born unto them
That after tho birth OF the c',iIa ths
mother Annie Chapman suffered very
mu:h with her breasts so much so
that 1t became necessary to have
them lanccd on two separate occa-
siOns. In consequence pf the conif-
ti0n OF her breast She was unable to
nurse her infant son. and It became
necessary to raise him on the bottl.,
She recovered frcm thc serious ccn.
ditfon of her hcaltl, when this child
was about four months old, and cw-
Ing to differences that arose betwcnn
her and her husband about iiis time
thcy srparaf"d. tho husband taking
the child. The husband carried the
child SO taken by him to his mother.
Nancy Chapman. the grandmother lfI
nc mid and requested her to raise
the child for him. This she consented
70 40. and has had custody o. said
infant since that time.
!, There Ia quite n dispute between
if1cr the said Nancy Chapman and 10th !
parents OF the child as TO whether
Annie Chapman the mother of tho
child consented to the arrangement: |
! find that 1t hes not been shown
by the greater weight of tn, evidence
that Annie Chapman did formally con-
sent to this arrangement, hut It seem,
from the testimony that she acqul,e. |
ed In the same for some length o. time. |
find further that F.. G.. Chairman
and his wife Annie Chapman. there
after settled their r!ferences and
went back together rs man and wife |
upon the expressed condition, how
ever. that Annie Chapman should
haye restored to hc- the custody of
tho. child. II was thu. that the grand
parents OF the chill who arc the re-
spOndcnts here. rc aed to surrender ,
the custody OF tf- child. Gpon such :
refusal annie e. oman refuscd' to
rurther live wit he husband as his
wife. un,"ss sh' ',ou'd have the GUS |
to-day or her I'D, theredpon,
Chapman and wife Annie Chape
man agadn g rated. and have lived
separately un ! December last. when
tney again lpromised their differ
ences and vt bhck together as man
and wife. :'ice when they have both !
,D1, -
tody Of thf r son.
The con ,ntion on the hehalr or tka
grandparents Is that the petitioners
arc now cstoppcd by their past con- y
Duct from claiming tho custody OF
tAeir own son.
think the evidence clearly shows
tnat both respondents are OF good
character. and able to support the
ch!ld. II also shows that they arr nowsi
very 10 al ni' him anl that 1t would lie ,
n wren ;h to thc'r affections to Lake !,
from ;h,i.' cus:oi5 the chi!d, bu. I
find the evidence does not by prsuon-
!@rance show that the parents e. C.. |
Chapman and Annie Chapman are un-
fiji to raise the chile in question.
n 1t was me:e lnestion between
tie grand paren.s and tho father, +. !;
G.: Chapman, IS'so:ntl permit this GUS :
tony of the cfild to. remain as Il is,
but the mother Annsn Chapman has
rights IN the premises which I find !
that she has not rclinquished.
Ordinarily I think It goes without
saying that the parents OF child aro
better fitted for the rearing, training
and discipline OF their own children |
than are the grandparents. adf
l have no doubt that tho grantipa2
rents would be very kind to thotehiid.
hut It Is Il matter OF common observa-
ton that grandparents arc far too In.
'dnigept to the child whom they,.un-