Coats v. Coats

The appellant filed a habeas corpus suit in the county court against her husband, the appellee, involving the custody of their minor child. She exhibited with her petition a copy of a decree of the District Court of Brazoria County, Texas. The appellee answered the suit and exhibited with his answer a copy of a decree of the Chancery Court of Jones County, Mississippi, and also made known to the county court that a suit was pending in the Chancery Court of Jones County involving the custody of the minor. The County Court of Jones County entered an order transferring the case to the Chancery…