Kentz v. Kentz
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, I-Iempliill County; W. R. Ewing, Judge. Suit by T. L. Kentz against Alice Kentz for divorce. Decree for plaintiff in part was vacated on his motion and modified so as to award custody of children to plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyce, J.
T. D. Kentz, defendant in error, sued Alice Kentz, plaintiff in error, for divorce. She answered by general and special denials, and in a cross-action also sought a divorce. There were two children of the marriage, aged six and three years, respec tively, and cacli of the parties sought to have awarded to them the custody of such children. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, T. L. Kentz, on the issue of divorce, and recommended “that the children be placed in the custody of the mother only so long as the court knows that they are being reared under moral and Christian influences.”…
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