Mecklin v. Herndon

Plaintiffs-appellants Ruby Mecklin and husband, James M. Mecklin, filed suit in the Juvenile Court of Dallas County for the custody of the two minor children of Ruby Mecklin by a former marriage, against defendants-appellees, Mrs. Mary Herndon and husband, J. A. Herndon. Pri- or to the filing of this suit, Ruby Mecklin was married to John Aley Herndon and their marriage ended in divorce in the District Court of Dallas County on August 27, 1955. At the time of the divorce, the two small minor children of Ruby and John Aley Herndon were temporarily awarded to the paternal grandmother, ap-pellee…