Ex Parte Peterson

GREENHILL, Justice.

This original habeas corpus proceeding is an outgrowth not only of an unfortunate battle between contesting parents and relatives for the custody of a child but a dispute as to which of two district courts had or have jurisdiction to determine such custody. While one of the district courts was attempting to enforce its custody order by commanding the relators to produce the child before it, a Court of Civil Appeals temporarily prohibited that district court from proceeding. The district court complied with the order, and no proceedings were had on the date previously set by…