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LOGSDON v. STATE AND DELL

234 Or. 66 (1963)

380 P.2d 111

IN THE MATTER OF KATHLEEN ELAINE LOGSDON IN THE MATTER OF HOWARD EUGENE LOGSDON LOGSDON ET UX v. STATE OF OREGON and DELL ET AL

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Reversed March 29, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl T. Huston, Corvallis, argued the cause for appellants. On the briefs were Huston, Thomas & Johnson, Corvallis.

A.R. McMullen, District Attorney, Newport, and Eugene K. Richardson, Newport, argued the cause and submitted a brief for respondents.

Before McALLISTER, Chief Justice, and ROSSMAN, PERRY, GOODWIN and DENECKE, Justices.

REVERSED.

McALLISTER, C.J.

This is a contest over the custody of two children, Howard Logsdon and his sister, Kathleen, whose parents were both killed in an airplane crash. The paternal grandparents appeal from a decree of the circuit court for Lincoln county awarding custody to a maternal aunt.

The Logsdons resided at Newport in Lincoln county, and both parents were killed on June 25, 1961. The boy, Howard, was then seven years old, and his sister...

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